Monthly Reports

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Monthly Reports

September 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our September 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * The median fentanyl concentration found, across all expected drug categories, was 9.6%, with a maximum of over 80%

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August 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our August 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * The median fentanyl concentration found, across all expected drug categories, was 12.6%, with a maximum of over 80%

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July 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our July 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * The median fentanyl concentration found, across all expected drug categories, was 11.7%, with a maximum of over 80%

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June 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our June 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * The median fentanyl concentration found, across all expected drug categories, was 11.9%, with a maximum of over 80%

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May 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our May 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in six expected opioid-down samples, with a maximum concentration of 0.58% * 97% of expected opioid-down

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April 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our April 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in seven expected opioid-down samples, with a maximum concentration of 2.95% * 93% of expected opioid-down

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March 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our March 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in one expected opioid-down sample * 96% of expected opioid-down samples contained fentanyl * The median fentanyl concentration

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February 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our February 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in four samples, all expected opioid-down * The maximum concentration of carfentanil found was 0.95%, the

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January 2022 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our January 2022 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in three samples, all expected opioid-down * 97% of expected opioid-down samples contained fentanyl * The median fentanyl

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December 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our December 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in four samples, all expected opioid-down * 85% of expected opioid-down samples contained fentanyl * The median fentanyl

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November 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our November 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil was found in three samples, all expected opioid-down * 96% of expected opioid-down samples contained fentanyl * Median fentanyl concentration

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October 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our October 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * No carfentanil was seen in the month of October * 94% of expected opioid-down samples contained fentanyl * Median fentanyl concentration

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September 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our September 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil found in seven samples, six expected to be opioid-down and one unknown * 95% of expected opioid-down samples contained

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August 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our August 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil found in nine samples; eight expected to be opioid-down, one was unknown. * Overall median fentanyl concentration of 8.

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July 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our July 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil found in four samples expected to be opioid-down. * Overall median fentanyl concentration of 7.1%, with a maximum

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June 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our June 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Carfentanil found in two samples expected to be opioid-down or unknown. * Overall median fentanyl concentration of 7.7%, with

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May 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our May 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Fentanyl analogues found in 10 samples expected to be opioid-down or unknown, including carfentanil (8) and fluorofentanyl (2) * Overall

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April 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our April 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * Fentanyl analogues found in 24% of opioid-down samples (13/54), including fluorofentanyl (7), carfentanil (5), chloroisobutyryl fentanyl (1). * Median

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March 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our March 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. The PDF report can be found at the end. We would also like to announce that this month we moved to our new store-front location! Key findings: * Carfentanil found in

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February 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our February 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. We are excited to present additional reporting of fentanyl, etizolam, heroin, and carfentanil concentrations through our collaboration with Dr. Chris Gill and the team at Vancouver Island University. The PDF

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January 2021 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our January 2021 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. We are excited to announce the additional reporting of fentanyl, etizolam, heroin, and carfentanil concentrations through our collaboration with Dr. Chris Gill and his team at Vancouver Island University. The

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December 2020 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our December 2020 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. We are also excited to announce the additional reporting of fentanyl concentrations through our collaboration with Dr. Chris Gill and his team at Vancouver Island University. The PDF report can

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November 2020 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our November 2020 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results. We are also excited to announce our collaboration with Vancouver Island University and their paper spray mass spectrometer. The PDF report can be found at the end. Key findings: * 20%

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October 2020 Monthly Report

In this blog post we discuss our October 2020 report and provide more information on how to interpret the results as well as additional information on common cutting agents. The PDF report can be found at the end. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insight for the October 2020 Monthly Report Figure 1. Sample intake

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September 2020 Monthly Report

Welcome to the first release of our monthly reports! We hope to increase our information sharing with the community to give more regular updates about what we are finding in the current drug supply. These reports are designed to give an overview of what is coming through our service, so