Launched in October 2019, Toronto's Drug Checking Service helps to keep users aware of the content of the drugs that they are taking by anonymously collecting and analyzing samples from five downtown harm-reduction agencies. "[We] would like to see ... drug checking being available in more Ontario jurisdictions, or Canadian jurisdictions for that matter." © Mehrdad Nazarahari/CBC Hayley Thompson, project manager with Toronto's Drug Checking Service, says she hopes the pilot project can continue past December, when funding is set to expire. Hawkins said this is why drug checking services are important — especially for harm-reduction-based health services such as safe consumption sites. Thompson of Toronto's Drug Checking Service said current funding for the pilot program ends in December, but she hopes to sustain the project further.

Source: CBC News January 21, 2022 13:33 UTC