Iowa law blocks fentanyl testing strips from inclusion in harm reduction boxes; seen as drug paraphernalia

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Iowa law blocks fentanyl testing strips from inclusion in harm reduction boxes; seen as 'drug paraphernalia'

, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Alabama have all passed recent legislation to allow fentanyl test strips as a"harm reduction" tactic supported by experts.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

"We hope all the states would come to realize the dangers of contamination are so high and that fentanyl test strips empower a person taking drugs to know whether they have fentanyl," Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, told Kaiser Health News.

 

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