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VIU Team on the Cutting Edge of Better, More Accurate Drug Testing

Many drug users know their supply is tainted by the lethal opioid fentanyl, but new tech being developed at VIU tells them just how dangerous the next dose of heroin or cocaine could be.

VIU professor Chris Gill and his team work with sensitive analysis machines known as mass spectrometers, which can take an incredibly small sample of a drug and accurately show within minutes what will actually end up inside a users' veins.  Read full story.