ANKORS Nelson – Drug Checking Report – May 5th 2022
It was a very busy drug checking week at ANKORS in Nelson. ANKORS was in Grand Forks for testing on Tuesday – the rest of the week was spent in Nelson. Please find details in attached report.
Strength of down can vary within a batch and even in the same bag. Whenever a drug is diluted with other ingredients, like Caffeine and Sugars for Down, there is a change of the concentration of fentanyl to be unequally spread through the batch. Using slow and low reduces risks. One puff may be stronger […]
Interior Health – Nelson Meth in Nelson has been found to also contain fentanyl and benzos. Sold as Meth, Side, Methamphetamine. Test your meth for presence of fentanyl! Risk: Risk of overdose with severe complications including death. Overdose response: Naloxone does not work on Benzos, BUT naloxone will work on the opioid overdose symptoms. After […]
The BCCSU publishes Provincial and regional monthly reports that summarize drug checking results. Here is the March 2022 report from samples collected by Drug Checking Sites across the Interior Health region. Key Findings The percentage of opioids testing positive for benzodiazepines in the region remained high (67.4%, 99 of 147 samples), but trends may be […]