Summer mythbusting
New Years’ Eve absolutely smashed it in terms of drug checking. Over 1,700 samples from four festivals* is an excellent turnout and we were completely…
Wendy in the New Years Honours
People have said that Wendy deserves a medal – guess what just happened? Wendy started @KnowYourStuffNZ back in 2015. It was underground af. She was…
Drug checking services receive public funding ahead of this summer’s busy season
KnowYourStuffNZ is grateful to receive public funding to support our drug checking service, announced today by the Minister of Health. Aotearoa New Zealand is the…
What’s out there? The drug landscape coming into summer
2022 has seen more drug checking clinics than any other year. This is due in part to the increase of organisations getting their drug checking…
High Alert Warning: Unwashed Poppy Seeds
Poppy seed tea sounds relatively harmless, right? Except it’s really not if you get the wrong kind of poppy seed. Unwashed poppy seeds found in…
Pandemic partying
With the possibility of a real summer ahead complete with actual fun, it’s a good idea to keep in mind that COVID, monkeypox, and other…
Article on UK festival drug checking published
Professor Fiona Measham (The Loop UK and University of Liverpool) and data scientist Henry Simmons (Envelop Risk Analytics and Durham University) have released an article…
Metonitazene, a high-risk opioid’s been found in Aotearoa
Metonitazene has shown up in Aotearoa for the first time. It’s being sold as oxycodone or other opioids, and is either a yellow pill or…
We’ve updated our interactive data app
Rejoice, researchers! Our interactive data app has been updated! For those of you new to the app, you can use it to go through the…
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