Get Your Drugs Tested is a free public drug checking service located in Vancouver, Canada. [1] 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." [2] [3] [4] [5]
Get Your Drugs Tested receives no public funding, and is entirely supported by The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary. [6] [7] [8]
They use FTIR Spectrometers and fentanyl test strips to offer free analysis of any drug or substance at their storefront or by mail. [9] [10]
In January 2021 they announced they had analyzed over 10,000 samples. [11] [12] In June 2021 they announced they had analyzed 15,000 samples. [13] In March 2022 they announced they had analyzed 25,000 samples. [14] In July 2022 they announced they had analyzed 30,000 samples. [15] By October 2023, the service had analyzed over 50,000 samples. [16]
All of their drug analysis results are posted to their website in a searchable database. [17]
The service has received extensive media coverage. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]