In a summer that saw New Zealand’s first mass hospitalisation at a dance party due to fake MDMA, our testing has identified more new psychoactive substances than ever before. In partnership with NZ Drug Foundation, we used FTIR spectroscopy and reagents at seven festivals to test 445 samples of illicit drugs brought in voluntarily byContinueContinue reading “KnowYourStuffNZ drug checking results for 2017/2018 festival season”
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KnowYourStuffNZ’s summer media coverage
The media gets plenty of stick but honestly, we’ve had pretty good coverage this summer (and lots of it).
Nosebleeds are the least of your worries – why snorting is a bad idea
Remember when you were four and your Mum used to tell you not to put things up your nose? Turns out lots of kiwis didn’t listen.
Fentanyl found at New Zealand festival
Testing by KnowYourStuffNZ has identified a sample containing Fentanyl, a drug which has killed a significant number of people in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada in the last two years.
Deliberately Deceptive Drug Mixtures Found This Summer
Testing by KnowYourStuffNZ this summer has revealed that some festival goers have been sold deliberately deceptive mixtures of drugs.