Research is beginning to show that cheap strips can accurately detect deadly fentanyl, and encourages people to get high more cautiously.
It costs Jess Tilley $1 to purchase a fentanyl test strip—a small sum, until you consider that she's buying them by the hundreds.
Since the fall of 2016, Tilley has been paying for these strips out of pocket and distributing them for free to drug users in western Massachusetts. It's a costly exercise, but it fits in perfectly with Tilley's mission as the founder of the New England User's Union: "We wanted to come together to advocate for all drug users."
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