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Drug Checking and Harm Reduction

Saving lives via drug checking by FT-IR spectrochemical analysis.

Drug checking, or harm prevention , uses Fourier-Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy to analyze recreational drugs. This helps drug users identify harmful additives and impurities, ultimately promoting safer drug consumption by providing critical composition information. Overall, FT-IR enables rapid and accurate substance analysis for harm reduction.

How FT-IR spectroscopy is used in harm reduction and drug checking.

Our FT-IR drug analyzers

If you want to maintain a permanent, location-bound drug analysis site, for example in a drug counseling center, the ALPHA II FT-IR spectrometer
is the best choice.

  • Drug counseling centers
  • Drug checking services
  • Pharmacies and labs

If you are planning to provide outdoor drug analysis, for example at a music festival, a laboratory spectrometer suffers many limitations. The MOBILE-IR II, however, provides peace of mind for exactly this scenario.

  • Music festivals
  • Outdoor events
  • Mobile laboratories