A New Era of Harm Reduction: DanceSafe and Bunk Police Powered by Transparency
Transparency Takes Over Production and Distribution for DanceSafe
By Adam Auctor, Founder, Bunk Police / Transparency
Starting March 6th, 2026, Transparency has taken over test kit production, fulfillment, and national distribution for DanceSafe.
If the name is new to you, Transparency is the evolution of fifteen years of harm reduction education, innovation, and advocacy that has now grown beyond Bunk Police alone. Transparency is the research, technology, and manufacturing organization behind it all. Bunk Police isn't going away. It's being treated the same way DanceSafe is: a trusted brand that lives on, now powered by Transparency's infrastructure. Same test kits (and some new ones coming soon), same mission, same name. Just stronger systems behind it.
Over the past year, DanceSafe navigated a period of operational transitions behind the scenes. We recognized how much their presence means to the harm reduction community, and we are grateful for the opportunity to help ensure that continuity remains uninterrupted.
This is not a merger or an acquisition. DanceSafe chose Transparency to support this next phase, and we're proud to step into that role to help keep these tools accessible.
How We Got Here
I started Bunk Police in 2011, throwing duffel bags full of test kits over event fences in the middle of the night because I believed people had a right to know what they were putting in their bodies: no funding, no backing, no permission.
That belief hasn't changed. What changed is the scale of what we've built around it. Over fifteen years, what started as a duffel bag operation grew into laboratory partnerships, manufacturing standards, research programs, distribution systems shipping to over 120 countries, and tools used by communities worldwide. Transparency is the structure that now supports that work.
We've spent years building the infrastructure that most people never see behind a test kit, investing over a million dollars into drug checking research. We built one of the world's most comprehensive video libraries of reagent reactions and developed an AI-powered identification app. We've navigated law enforcement confrontations, festival bans, customs seizures, and platform censorship. If you've ever used a Bunk Police kit, a test strip through one of our channels, or our app, you've already interacted with the systems Transparency maintains.
What This Means For DanceSafe
DanceSafe remains fully independent. Their leadership, their advocacy, their educational materials, and their chapter network remain entirely theirs. That hasn't changed.
What changes is operational responsibility. Transparency handles production and distribution so DanceSafe can continue focusing on outreach, education, and community engagement—the work they've led for decades, and the work that saves lives on the ground.
Behind the scenes, this transition ensures that the systems supporting their mission are stable, scalable, and now built to last for decades to come.
What's Staying the Same
Fentanyl and xylazine test strips will continue to be sourced from WHPM. Same supplier, same strips. These are the most accurate strips available, and we wouldn't change that.
Reagent kits will be blended using the same chemical formulations DanceSafe has always used. Same chemistry, same quality.
DanceSafe educational materials like stickers, info cards, and harm reduction resources will continue to be included in every DanceSafe shipment.
What's New
This isn't just an operations handoff. DanceSafe's community is getting access to tools they've never had before:
The Transparency Identification App: Our AI-powered drug checking app, built on years of laboratory research and the world's largest video library of reagent reactions.
Transparency Testing: Our laboratory-grade analysis services bring professional-level substance identification directly to the community.
The Pen Test: A next-generation portable testing device, launching in June 2026. More details to come.
QTest purity and potency testing: Kits that go beyond identification to give users a sense of how much of a substance is actually present.
SprayPack: Our DIY nasal spray kit lets people create precisely dosed, saline-based sprays from water-soluble substances. Controlled dosing, healthier administration, and better absorption than traditional methods.
Customer Service: Service will be handled by our team starting in March, building on over fifteen years of dedicated customer service on these exact products.
A full R&D pipeline: We don't just sell what exists. We develop what's next. DanceSafe's community will benefit from every new tool and advancement that comes out of our research program.
Packaging will initially carry DanceSafe's name on DanceSafe orders. Over the coming months, both DanceSafe products and Bunk Police products will transition to Transparency branding. Same tools, aligned under Transparency.
Infrastructure to Support the Movement
This moment isn't just about one organization. It's about what it takes for harm reduction to last. For years, I've watched harm reduction organizations struggle with the same set of problems: manufacturing, fulfillment, supply chain management, and regulatory compliance.
These aren't mission problems; they're logistics problems, and they consume enormous amounts of time, money, and energy that should be going toward the actual work of saving lives. Left unresolved, those logistics problems can quietly destabilize even long-standing organizations.
What we're building with Transparency is infrastructure that can serve the entire movement. Durable systems that handle the operational weight so organizations can focus on what they do best: showing up in communities, educating people, distributing tools, changing policy, and reducing harm.
Looking Ahead
This year marks fifteen years of Bunk Police. Fifteen years of showing up, adapting, building, and fighting to keep drug checking accessible. None of it would have been possible without this community.
To everyone who has supported us, who bought kits, volunteered, shared information, pushed policy forward, defended harm reduction when it wasn't popular—thank you. You built this with us.
We're committed to continuing the work with the same urgency, the same independence, and the same belief that started all of this: people have a right to know what they're putting in their bodies. We're grateful for your trust, and we're proud to keep building alongside you.
- Adam, Founder