I am thrilled to announce that our mail-in service has re-opened! At the end of August we will be launching a new location for in-person drug-checking on East Hastings, just 2 blocks from our previous spot. We are aiming to get our West Broadway location opened soon as well. It has been a challenging year […]
MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER, DANA LARSEN: In December 2025 I was forced to temporarily shut down both of our Get Your Drugs Tested locations in Vancouver, and to close our mail-in service as well. After launching this project in 2019 and serving our community for six years, having to suddenly close was not where I […]
The last four months have been a wild ride! Get Your Drugs Tested has been busier than ever. We have surpassed 80,000 samples analyzed, and are struggling to keep up with soaring demand for our services. Sadly, Vancouver Police and other authorities have been attacking the dispensaries which provide the funding for this service. The […]
We are happy to announce that we can now offer tax receipts for donations! We have partnered with the Lookout Society to accept charitable donations. If you would like to make a donation and support our work, please click here.
From humble beginnings in 2019, Get Your Drugs Tested has grown to become the world’s busiest free street drug analysis centre! We are currently doing over 60% of all drug analysis in BC from our two locations. We receive no government funding! Our operations are entirely funded by The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary, The Medicinal Mushroom […]
On Monday December 4th we are opening our second location, at 245 West Broadway. This is right next door to a storefront of The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary, which provides our funding along with The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary. Hours will be Tuesday to Friday from 11 AM to 7 PM. We hope to expand the hours soon […]
On February 2 we tested 71 drug samples at Get Your Drugs Tested. The number of people accessing our service continues to grow, and honestly we are having a hard time keeping up with demand! Here is a summary of what we tested on Thursday, February 2, a typical day for us at Get Your […]
The last few months have been busier than ever for our team. Many days we are analyzing over 50 samples that come to us in person and through the mail. We are the world’s busiest free drug analysis clinic and yet we are only able to test a tiny fraction of everything that is out […]
We are elated to share that we have surpassed 30000 total drugs checked for our clients. Through these tests, it has become evident that the drug market is slowly becoming more complex and adulterated. We are seeing novel psychoactive substances being created and distributed at a fast pace and without proper regulations. Our service has […]
We’ve had a busy 3 years since our inception in June 2019. Our little shop has grown into one of the busiest drug checking sites in the world. In the beginning we were averaging a few hundred tests per month. Now we’re performing about 1400 tests per month. Our total tests sit at 29156 and […]
We have reached an epic milestone of 25,000 drug analysis tests performed! Since we opened in May 2019 we have been getting busier every month, checking a record 1246 samples in February. We have also updated our search engine, making it easier to do a deep dive into our drug database. Plus we’ve added a […]
Click through to read a funny and factual article our founder has written for Cracked: Five Wild Things We Learned Analyzing 23,000 Illegal Drugs.
Back to school is a time for nerves, a time for excitement, and for some, a time for partying. Oftentimes that partying can involve substances purchased from the illicit drug market. To help reduce the risks and provide more information, GYDT was on campus January 21st testing substances for students safety.We had a great time […]
Vice News has released a new video on our drug-checking service and local community. Click through to check it out, it’s worth watching.
We have hit a new milestone with our 20,000th drug analyzed! We are busier than ever with a record 1375 tests performed in October. We are also working on improving the search engine for our online results database, making it easier to dig into the data and analyze trends.
Our drug checking service was featured in a September 29 Global News report about the drug death crisis. Click through to watch the video.
We are excited to announce we have tested over 15,000 samples since our first conception in May 2019. As always, thank you all for your continued support. Together, we are changing how the country views substance use and promoting basic expectations for harm reduction nationwide. Keep visiting us in person, sending in your samples and […]
This holiday season we will be open every day to provide our community with much needed services and supplies. We will however, be reducing our hours on Christmas Day and New Years Day. Our hours will be 2pm-6pm for those days and are listed below. December 24th, 2020 – 12pm-8pm December 25th, 2020 – 2pm-6pm […]
Since it’s inception in June 2019, Get Your Drugs Tested has expanded to include a range of harm reduction initiatives and services for our local community. As we forge ahead into our second year, we are steadfast in our mission to empower drug users by letting them know the contents of the substances they’re taking, […]
Our facility has returned to our regular operating hours, 12-8pm daily, with some physical distancing measures in place for the safety of our staff and clients. Our drug analysis service will continue to be available by mail-in and drop-off. Clients are welcome to wait outside for their test results, or receive them by phone or […]
Due to the COVID virus, we have adjusted our hours and protocols. We are now open Tuesday to Saturday, from 2-6pm. We have special protocols in place to receive samples for health and safety. Our drug testing service will be available by drop off only. Clients can wait outside for written results, or receive them […]
We are now operational 12-8pm every day. Exception: Sunday November 17th we will be closing early at 6:30pm.
You can now drop by in person seven days a week to get your drugs analyzed in Vancouver! Come visit us at 880 East Hastings weekdays from 4-8pm, and weekends from 2-8pm. We offer free, discreet, accurate analysis of all street drugs with our FTIR Spectrometer. 880 East Hastings is the location of The Medicinal […]
The launch of our national drug checking service received major media coverage! Check out these recent news stories. National Post: Canadians can now mail their narcotics to Vancouver to find out whether or not they will kill them Global News Halifax: Drug testing campaign raising awareness about the dangers of contaminated drugs in Halifax Vice […]
We’ve launched a national poster campaign to promote our service. We’ve had posters going up around town in all these cities: Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
Right now we are only offering our drug-testing service by mail. But stay tuned! We will be opening a fixed location in Vancouver soon. Our plan is to be open seven a days a week for in-person testing as well as mail-order. You can also get your drugs tested for free by Vancouver Coastal […]
This is a new project from Dana Larsen and the Vancouver Dispensary Society. We are now offering nationwide testing of street drugs, so that users can know what they are taking. We are the only drug testing by mail service anywhere in Canada. We will soon be opening a storefront location for in-person testing. We […]