Rapid Response to the Legalization of Fentanyl Test Strips in Alabama: An Academic–Community Partnership-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Rapid Response to the Legalization of Fentanyl Test Strips in Alabama: An Academic–Community Partnership

Published:2024-08 Issue:8 Volume:114 Page:785-788
ISSN:0090-0036
Container-title:American Journal of Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Am J Public Health

Author:

McCollum C. Greer¹,Ventrelli Greg¹,Gagnon Kelly W.¹,Loftis Ashley¹,Famurewa Abimbola¹,Wimberly Carie¹,Eaton Ellen¹

Affiliation:

1. C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Abstract

In June 2022, Alabama legalized fentanyl test strips (FTS). In response to this new opportunity to prevent overdoses, Project Linkage, Education, and Prevention (LEAP)—an academic–community partnership providing substance use prevention services—quickly purchased FTS and started distributing them in the Birmingham area. We describe how the Addiction Prevention Coalition, a substance use education and harm reduction provider, distributed 7300 FTS in the first year of legalization via Project LEAP and discuss its efforts to decrease substance use among young people. ( Am J Public Health. 2024;114(8):785–788. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307681 )

Publisher

American Public Health Association

Link

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307681

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