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Regulator's notification 02-2025: drug testing kits

Notification regarding the use of drug testing kits and devices for rapid drug identification under the Home Office Circular 015/2012.

• From: Forensic Science Regulator
• Published: 17 July 2025

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This notification is to alert the Criminal Justice System to potential risk associated with the use of drug testing kits and devices under the current Home Office framework and the FSR’s intentions to develop a Forensic Science Activity for the use of drug testing kits that will be included in a future version of the code of practice.

Published 17 July 2025