Recent Projects

Drug Checking Los Angeles (DCLA) is the lab's flagship project. Founded by Dr. Shover in 2022, DCLA offers free, anonymous drug checking to characterize the local illicit drug supply in close to real time. For current testing locations, results, and DCLA's own publications, visit drugcheckinglosangeles.com.

LA County Overdose Surveillance is an NIH-funded project (R01DA057630, PIs Shover and Goodman-Meza, 2022-2027) building a Rapid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard to track fatal and non-fatal overdose across Los Angeles County using medical examiner and other public data. A public dashboard predicting overdose hotspots, to help target street-based response, is in development and will be added to this site later in 2026.

Also completed: a same-day peer vaccine ambassador program in homeless encampments and shelters, and a youth overdose education and naloxone distribution initiative in Los Angeles high schools.