https://www.wfyi.org/tags/fentanyl-test-strips fentanyl test strips en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/health/2025-02-03/indiana-senate-passes-bill-to-decriminalize-fentanyl-test-strips-eliminate-legal-gray-area Indiana law classifies tools that test the “strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance” as paraphernalia. This created a “gray area” for fentanyl test strips. The Senate passed legislation to clarify tools that check for the presence of a substance would no longer be considered paraphernalia. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/health/2025-02-03/indiana-senate-passes-bill-to-decriminalize-fentanyl-test-strips-eliminate-legal-gray-area Abigail Ruhman https://www.wfyi.org/health/2025-01-28/effort-to-decriminalize-test-strips-finds-success-in-both-chambers-with-new-approach Indiana lawmakers are closer than ever to declassifying fentanyl test strips as paraphernalia. A Senate committee passed a bill Tuesday that would make an exception to the statute to allow tools that test for the presence of certain substances. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/health/2025-01-28/effort-to-decriminalize-test-strips-finds-success-in-both-chambers-with-new-approach Abigail Ruhman https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2024-05-23/stigma-misinformation-killed-bill-to-decriminalize-test-strips-advocates-say Overdose Lifeline distributed more than 170,000 test strips in 2023. Advocates said they are more interested in saving lives than "getting held up on those gray areas" – which is where the legality of the test strip exists in Indiana code. Thu, 23 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2024-05-23/stigma-misinformation-killed-bill-to-decriminalize-test-strips-advocates-say Abigail Ruhman