Get Your Drugs Tested

{{Short description|Public drug checking service}}

Get Your Drugs Tested is a free public drug checking service located in Vancouver, Canada.{{cite web| url = https://getyourdrugstested.com/| title = Get Your Drugs Tested}} It was founded by Dana Larsen in May 2019, accepting samples in person at their storefront and by mail from all across Canada. Dana Larsen said: "I want to help save lives, I want people to be informed and I wish they could buy clean, pre-tested drugs" since "the whole war on drug users is a genocide of the poor."{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadians-can-mail-their-narcotics-to-vancouver-and-find-out-whether-they-will-kill-them|title = Canadians can now mail their narcotics to Vancouver to find out whether or not they will kill them|newspaper = Nationalpost}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.canncentral.com/dana-larsen-activist-offers-drug-testing-by-mail|title = Dana Larsen: Activist offers drug testing by mail|date = May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://cannabislifenetwork.com/east-hastings-dispensary-launches-onsite-drug-analysis-service/|title = East Hastings dispensary launches onsite Drug Analysis Service|date = 18 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailyhive.com/grow/mail-in-drug-testing-canada|title=A free Canada-wide mail-in drug testing service has been set up in Vancouver | Grow}}

Get Your Drugs Tested receives no public funding, and is entirely supported by The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary.{{Cite web|url=https://getyourdrugstested.com/get-your-drugs-tested-2/|title = How It Works}}{{cite web| url = https://cannabisdispensary.ca/| title = The Dispensary {{!}} The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary}}{{cite web |title=Local Vancouver dispensary initiative values safety over substance |url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/sponsored/local-vancouver-dispensary-initiative-values-safety-over-substance-5651233 |website=Vancouver is Awesome |access-date=17 August 2022}}

They use FTIR Spectrometers in conjunction with fentanyl, Lysergamides and Benzodiazepine{{Cite web|url=https://getyourdrugstested.com/how-it-works/|title = How can I get my drugs tested?| date=19 November 2024 }} test strips to offer free analysis of any drug or substance at their storefront or by mail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/new-harm-reduction-service-encourages-dealers-to-send-drugs-in-mail-for-testing/|title = New Harm Reduction Service Encourages Dealers to Send Drugs in Mail for Testing| date=22 May 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5299224/drug-testing-campaign-contaminated-drugs-halifax/|title=Drug testing campaign raising awareness about the dangers of contaminated drugs in Halifax - Halifax | Globalnews.ca}}

In January 2021 they announced they had analyzed over 10,000 samples.{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/news/dana-larsen-10000-street-drug-samples-analyzed-in-vancouver|title = Dana Larsen: 10,000 street drug samples analyzed in Vancouver|date = 19 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/over-10000-illicit-drugs-have-been-tested-by-a-vancouver-harm-reduction-service-3297328|title = Over 10,000 illicit drugs have been tested by a Vancouver harm reduction service| date=27 January 2021 }} In June 2021 they announced they had analyzed 15,000 samples.{{Cite web|url=https://getyourdrugstested.com/2021/06/15000-tests/|title=15,000 Tests!|date=19 June 2021}} In March 2022 they announced they had analyzed 25,000 samples.{{cite web |title=25,000 TEST MILESTONE! PLUS NEW AND IMPROVED SEARCH ENGINE |url=https://getyourdrugstested.com/2022/03/25000-test-milestone-plus-new-search-engine/ |website=Get Your Drugs Tested |date=12 March 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022}} In July 2022 they announced they had analyzed 30,000 samples.{{cite web |title=30000 DRUGS CHECKED! |url=https://getyourdrugstested.com/2022/07/30000-test-milestone/ |website=Get Your Drugs Tested |date=9 July 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022}} By October 2023, the service had analyzed over 50,000 samples.{{Cite web|date=2023-10-07|title=How Ramping Up Drug Testing Could Save Lives|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/how-ramping-up-drug-testing-could-save-lives/ar-AA1hKROX|access-date=2023-11-16|website=MSN.com|language=en}}

All of their drug analysis results are posted to their website in a searchable database.{{Cite web|url=https://getyourdrugstested.com/test-results-archive/|title = Test Results Archive}}

The service has received extensive media coverage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/other/deadly-drug-cocktail-a-growing-concern-in-bcs-overdose-crisis/vi-BB1ejLnN|title=Deadly drug cocktail a growing concern in B.C.'s overdose crisis|website=MSN}}{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drugs-covid-supply-1.5668370| title = Government-sanctioned safe supply not enough to get some off fentanyl-laced street drugs {{!}} CBC News}} {{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-unknown-substance-overdose-warning-1.6109813| title = Advocate calls for drug testing site after 'unknown substance' leads to overdose deaths {{!}} CBC News}} {{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7636119/vancouver-drug-checking-fentanyl/|title = Vancouver drug tester says nearly half of all heroin that comes in contains fentanyl - BC | Globalnews.ca}}{{Cite web|url=http://truomega.ca/2019/06/12/new-mail-in-drug-testing-service-opens-in-canada/|title = New mail-in drug testing service opens in Canada|date = 12 June 2019}}