Drug Checking Data Harmonization and Laboratory Capacity Expansion

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) will build on its leadership in drug checking to develop new classification systems that will enable drug checking programs in different parts of the U.S. to harmonize the data they collect. UNC will also launch a training program to establish new confirmatory drug checking sites and will support community-based drug checking programs that use different methods of drug checking so they can better coordinate their efforts. Through standardized data, training, and proficiency testing, the the project aims to build national infrastructure and capacity for monitoring near real-time changes in the drug supply to guide more targeted community and policy responses at the local and national level.