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Drug checking or pill testing is a way to reduce the harm from drug consumption by allowing users to find out the content and purity of substances that they intend to consume. This empowers users to make safer choices: to avoid more dangerous substances, to use smaller quantities, and to avoid dangerous combinations.

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  • Drug checking (en)
  • Testing (réduction des risques) (fr)
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  • Drug checking or pill testing is a way to reduce the harm from drug consumption by allowing users to find out the content and purity of substances that they intend to consume. This empowers users to make safer choices: to avoid more dangerous substances, to use smaller quantities, and to avoid dangerous combinations. (en)
  • Testing est un anglicisme désignant une vérification rapide de la nature et de la pureté d'une substance psychotrope illégale. Le testing ou contrôle rapide des produits ou reconnaissance présomptive de produits est un des outils de la réduction des risques ; il se pratique sur les lieux de distribution ou sur les lieux de consommation par des membres d'associations engagé dans cette politique. (fr)
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  • Drug checking or pill testing is a way to reduce the harm from drug consumption by allowing users to find out the content and purity of substances that they intend to consume. This empowers users to make safer choices: to avoid more dangerous substances, to use smaller quantities, and to avoid dangerous combinations. Drug checking services have developed over the last twenty-five years in twenty countries and are being considered in more countries, although attempts to implement them in some countries have been hindered by local laws. Drug checking initially focused on MDMA users in electronic dance music events but the services have broadened as drug use has become more complex. These developments have been strongly affected by local laws and culture, resulting in a diverse range of services, both for mobile services that attend events and festivals and fixed sites in town centres and entertainment districts. For instance, staff may or may not be able to handle illegal substances, which limits the use of testing techniques to those where the staff are not legally in possession of those substances. People intending to take drugs provide a small sample to the testing service (often less than a single dose). Test results may be provided immediately, after a short waiting period, or later. Drug checking services use this time to discuss health risks and safe behaviour with the service users. The services also provide public health information about drug use, new psychoactive substances and trends at a national level. (en)
  • Testing est un anglicisme désignant une vérification rapide de la nature et de la pureté d'une substance psychotrope illégale. Le testing ou contrôle rapide des produits ou reconnaissance présomptive de produits est un des outils de la réduction des risques ; il se pratique sur les lieux de distribution ou sur les lieux de consommation par des membres d'associations engagé dans cette politique. Ce test ne permet pas de connaître ni la pureté, ni le dosage, ni les proportions de produits psychotropes mais il permet de mettre en évidence la présence ou non de certaines molécules proches. Il s'accompagne de mise en garde contre la consommation du produit notamment via la distribution de notice d'information. Il existe plusieurs types de testing comme le testing de la cocaïne mais le plus connu est le testing concernant l'ecstasy et les amphétamines. Ces tests utilisent des réactions colorimétriques très peu spécifiques et ne donnent que des informations générales et partielles ; ils ne peuvent en aucun cas se substituer à une analyse chimique. En Europe, le testing n'est pas réglementé et est pratiqué depuis le milieu des années 1990 dans différents pays avec parfois la mise en place de réseau de site de testing. La mise en œuvre de ce test est illégale en France depuis avril 2005. (fr)
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