Can you elaborate? I am not familiar with UVIC.
And surely you mean RAMAN.
But now I'm hungry :D
UVIC University of Victoria substance program
We offer a free and confidential drug checking program in Victoria. Our team uses multiple drug checking instruments to determine a sample's main active ingredients, fillers or cutting agents, any unexpected drugs, and the presence of fentanyl. We are providing in-person services and results are given on the spot within 15-20 minutes. For further analysis of your substance, ask us about our collaboration with Vancouver Island University and their Paper Spray Mass Spectrometer.
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
Raman spectroscopy shines a laser on a sample and collects the scattered light which provides a chemical fingerprint of molecular vibrations. Raman spectroscopy is non-contact, non-destructive, requires minimal sample prep, and can produce results in a few minutes. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) can detect substances at low concentrations
In PS-MS, the sample is applied to a piece of paper with a solvent added. Then, high voltage is applied, which produces ions to be analyzed by the mass spectrometer. This technique can detect chemicals at trace concentrations and quantify them. It is also considered a gold standard in laboratory settings.
Co/Lab is housed at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is funded by Health Canada, through the Substance Use and Addictions Program.
The Collaborative Community Laboratory on Substance Use and Harm Reduction (Co/Lab) is a collaborative network for research and knowledge exchange to promote health and health equity for people with lived and living experience of substance use (including alcohol, other licit, and illicit substances). Co/Lab activities are guided by collaborations with people with lived and living experience of substance use, families, health care providers, researchers and policy makers, and are focused on generating practical evidence that can be used to enhance substance use services and supporting policies. The objectives of Co/Lab are to:
build capacity and partnerships to support meaningful involvement of people with lived and living experience of substance use in research;
create a framework for monitoring and surveillance that measures not only substance use, harms, costs, and benefits, but also social and structural disadvantages, policies, services and supports;
generate community profiles of social and structural disadvantage, substance use, harms, costs, and benefits, and the availability of services and supports;
support implementation and use of this framework in developing policies and practices at municipal, regional, and provincial levels;
support public dialogue and empowerment to enhance policies and service systems.
The Co/Lab team, which includes CISUR scientists, people with lived and living experience of substance use, community organizations, regional and provincial government representatives, as well as national advisors, will work on the 5 objectives in several different ways.
Create a provincial community of practice to build capacity, share information, and support mutual learning among stakeholders from community, government, and research.
Host synchronous learning activities through the Community of Practice including a virtual seminar series of webinars involving leaders with direct experience in topics related to people with lived and living experience of substance use, and virtual roundtable meetings involving researchers and practitioners to promote discussion of current evidence as well as protocols and best practices.
For more information, contact: Dr. Bernadette Pauly or Dr. Karen Urbanoski at
[email protected]
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Substance Drug Checking offers free, confidential drug checking at harm reduction agencies in Victoria BC; our team uses multiple instruments to determine a samples main active ingredients, fillers, or cutting agents, and the presence of Fentanyl.
substance.uvic.ca
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Substance Drug Checking offers free, confidential drug checking at harm reduction agencies in Victoria BC; our team uses multiple instruments to determine a samples main active ingredients, fillers, or cutting agents, and the presence of Fentanyl.
substance.uvic.ca
