Test strips allow people to determine if the drugs ... The charge for possession constitutes a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500. Similar legislation passed the Texas House ...

House Bill 1644, by state Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress, would remove testing strips for fentanyl and xylazine, a veterinary ...

In addition to fentanyl test strips, the bill would exempt strips for detecting the veterinary sedative xylazine. Public health experts and substance abuse professionals overwhelmingly express how ...

test strips "can save your life." Dr. Alexander Caudarella, chief executive officer of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, also sees a benefit in making test strips more available to people in ...