Drug checking services offered through community-based organizations provide critical information about the drug supply that can save lives, create pathways to needed services - including substance use disorder treatment - and provide valuable information to make public health systems more responsive to emerging risks in the drug supply. Such programs give people who use drugs the information they need to make informed decisions and better protect themselves. California Legislation passed in 2024 (AB 2136, Jones-Sawyer) clarified that such programs are authorized and provided legal protections to ensure that people who use substances can participate in such programs without fear of arrest or penalties. Learn from several of the leading experts operating drug checking programs across the state about how drug checking programs work, the benefits they provide to individuals and communities in California and how we can expand access to these lifesaving services across the state.

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