Walking the Talk: Balance, Transparency, and a New Year

2021 has been a big year. To no one’s surprise. As we close out on this chapter, our team wanted to take a moment to be transparent with our supporter base about where we’re currently at, what’s delayed, and where we’re going to be reigning in our work. Spoiler alert: The punchline of this article is that DanceSafe is pretty much going offline for the last ... Read more

Injection Attacks: Are They Real?

The verdict: Injection attacks (being unconsensually stabbed and dosed with a drug) are extremely improbable at best. Read more

A New Ketamine Test Kit is Now Available

We are proud to announce the release of our new Ketamine Testing Kit. Six months in development, this kit contains a new reagent called "Morris reagent." DanceSafe founder, Emanuel Sferios, describes the new kit, how we developed it, and how it works. Morris reagent is a game changer for harm reduction and drug checking. Read more

Anxiety, Grief, & Partying

By: Rachel Clark, Programs & Communications CoordinatorEdited by: Sloane Ferenchak (#WeLoveConsent Coordinator) & DanceSafe Staff We’ll start with the obvious: Everyone on the planet has been impacted by COVID-19. Living through a global pandemic is a traumatic event. Our minds function under the premise that certain things are the way that ... Read more

NEW: DanceSafe Affiliate Program

Big news, DanceSafe community! Support DanceSafe’s public health mission and earn some extra cash by joining our Affiliate Program. Spread the word about our products and get paid for every order you refer to us. Affiliates aren’t just salespeople, however. Anyone who refers others to our products using their unique referral link will be expected to ... Read more

#TestIt Alert: Round orange pill with “U31” on one side sold online as Adderall (amphetamine) but actually contains exclusively methamphetamine.

By: Rachel Clark, Programs & Communications Coordinator A round orange pill with “U31” on one side and two break lines on the other was sold online as Adderall (amphetamine) but actually contains exclusively methamphetamine. The sample was submitted from San Diego, CA to Erowid’s DrugsData project. The sample turned orange in the presence of the ... Read more

SOLD OUT – A DanceSafe and COSM joint fundraising blotter art!

THIS LIMITED EDITION BLOTTER IS NOW SOLD OUT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Just in time for the holidays, DanceSafe is thrilled to announce a joint fundraiser for DanceSafe and The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, featuring blotter art of Secret Writing Being by Alex and Allyson Grey! Painted by Alex and Allyson Grey in 2005, Secret Writing Being is a 24 x 24 in. ... Read more

Welcome to the Team: Sloane Ferenchak

As part of our #WeLoveConsent program, DanceSafe is welcoming Sloane Ferenchak as a resident expert contractor! Sloane has provided services to DanceSafe as an intern for the #WeLoveConsent program since 2018, creating educational materials, designing the soon-to-be released Bystander Intervention Training Program, assisting in the planning of outreach ... Read more

WARNING! – You may be using fentanyl testing strips incorrectly!

WARNING! You may be using fentanyl testing strips incorrectly By Emanuel Sferios, DanceSafe founder Photo: Our new micro scoops – available here – which are meant to improve the safety and efficacy of fentanyl strip testing. A dangerous set of instructions for using fentanyl testing strips has been making rounds across the internet. For more ... Read more

Supporter Spotlight: Sunrise Transparence

DanceSafe’s incredible supporters hail from many geographic locations, personal backgrounds, and general walks of life. On this Supporter Spotlight, we meet Anj, who performs as the meditation and soundbath artist Sunrise Transparence. The Who: Anj (Sunrise Transparence) is a musician and teacher in Los Angeles, CA whose work centers around the ... Read more