Technician manuals and guidelines
- Drug Checking Technician Manual, Version 2 (2022) This manual provides basic instruction on drug-checking history, procedures, protocols, and methods used by the BCCSU drug checking project. It is intended to supplement (not substitute) in-person training for new drug-checking technicians. Version 1 (2019) of the Manual is available in Français.
- Colours and Textures Guidelines (2019) This guide contains descriptions and photographs of the different textures and colours of compounds that are commonly found when testing drugs, and their typically associated drugs. Available in Français.
Test strip procedures
- How to Use Fentanyl Test Strips (2020)
- How to Use Benzodiazepine Test Strips (2020) (Available in Français and Español)
- Video: How to Use Benzodiazepine Test Strips (2020)
- How to Use LSD Test Strips (2020) (Available in Français and Español)
Cuts and buff information
- Cuts and Buffs Sheet for Opioids (2021)
- Cuts and Buffs Flash Cards (2021)
- FTIR Signals of Common Compounds (2021)
- Cuts and Buffs Information Sheet for Festival Settings (2020) (Available in Français courtesy of GRIP)
- Cuts and Buffs Information Sheet for OPS Settings (2020)
Limitations of FTIRs
- Analyzing Black Tar Heroin on FTIR (2021) (Available in Français and Español)
- Drug Checking Limitations (2018) (Available in Français and Español
Technical Reports
Read assessments and analyses of testing strips and spectroscopy technologies.
DrugSense Dashboard
Dive deep into drug checking results in our interactive data visualization.
BCCSU FTIR-ATR Library
Learn more about the FTIR reference libraries for drug checking projects using Bruker FTIRs