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Episode 87: Drug Testing Equals Empowerment with Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta and Charlton Roverson

Episode 87: Drug Testing Equals Empowerment with Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta and Charlton Roverson

Update: 2024-08-01
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On today’s episode, we’re going to talk about drug testing but not the tedious ways in which you should (probably) do it. There are plenty of great guides out there which we’ll link to one or two in the show notes. Instead, we’re going to discuss how drug testing equals empowerment. It’s more than just knowing what you may or may not be taking. It’s about stepping in where the government has failed and finding autonomy.


Narcotica co-hosts Aaron Ferguson and Troy Farah spoke with Charlton Roverson, the Eastern Regional Coordinator with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition in Fayetteville and Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta, a pharmaco-epidemiologist and scientist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who helps run the UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab. More info at https://www.streetsafe.supply/


Here are some drug testing guides:


Bunk Police: https://bunkpolice.com/


Reagent testing instructions from DanceSafe: https://dancesafe.org/testing-kit-instructions/


CDC guide to fentanyl test strips: https://www.cdc.gov/stop-overdose/safety/index.html


If you liked this episode, here are others you might enjoy:

Episode 55: Street Sampling Synthetics, from Carfentanil to Xylazine with Alex Krotulski

Episode 82: Drug War Activism and the Future of Harm Reduction with Louise Vincent

Episode 84: How Drug Seizures Damage Public Health with Drs. Bradley Ray, Jennifer J. Carroll and Brandon del Pozo


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Producers: Christopher Moraff, Troy Farah, Zachary Siegel, Aaron Ferguson

Music: Glass Boy / Nomad1

Image: Images via The Noun Project // edit: Troy Farah

Intro voice: Jenny Schaye


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Episode 87: Drug Testing Equals Empowerment with Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta and Charlton Roverson

Episode 87: Drug Testing Equals Empowerment with Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta and Charlton Roverson

Christopher Moraff, Troy Farah, Zachary Seigel