A lab at the University of British Columbia is working on new drug-checking technology, including a portable device they say can identify drug concentrations below five per cent.
A team at the University of British Columbia is developing a portable version of high-performance liquid chromatography instruments, pictured here at the university's Hein Lab.
"We are hoping to lower the barriers associated with this high-quality analytical technology and translate it into drug-checking," she said.The technology comes as B.C. is set toThe Hein Lab is pictured at UBC. Advocates say the technology is welcome ahead of the provincial decriminalization of possessing small amounts of illicit drugs.
She adds that while the technician operating the device can make rough estimates, this can be subjective and lead to the wrong analysis.The Hein Lab says it plans to eventually distribute the portable HPLCs for free to drug-checking sites and distributors working with clinics.Decriminalization is not safe supply: experts
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