A synthetic opioid many times stronger than heroin or morphine. Tiny amounts can be lethal, and it cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted in a substance.

A veterinary sedative — not an opioid — appearing in the illicit supply. It deepens sedation, slows breathing further, and causes severe skin wounds.

People are exposed without knowing it: counterfeit pills that look like prescriptions, and powders mixed unevenly. “I know what I’m taking” is the assumption that kills.

Naloxone within reach. Test strips before use. Never using alone. Starting low after any break. All supplies free at the vending machine and front desk.

In the illicit supply, it appears as a cheap, potent additive — pressed into counterfeit pills made to look identical to prescription medications, and mixed into heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other substances. Because mixing is uneven, one portion of the same batch can be survivable and another lethal.

Fentanyl and xylazine test strips detect whether those substances are present in a sample. They are free at the Public Health Vending Machine and the front desk, and they take minutes to use.

It’s in there. You can choose not to use it, use less, never use it alone, and have naloxone ready.

Guaranteed safety. Mixing is uneven — the part you tested is not necessarily the part you use. A negative lowers risk; it does not erase it.

Xylazine is associated with serious skin wounds that can appear anywhere on the body — not just where a substance was injected — and they can worsen quickly without care. If you have a wound that is deep, growing, dark, or not healing: get medical care now, not after it gets worse. Earlier care means simpler treatment, and no provider you see through Hope Council’s connections will lecture you on the way in.

Naloxone, fentanyl and xylazine test strips, and safer-use supplies — the Public Health Vending Machine never closes, and the front desk asks no questions.

No-cost peer support from people with lived experience, recovery options, and treatment navigation — whenever, and only if, you want it.

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Free naloxone and overdose prevention training for workplaces, organizations, and community groups.