Since last year’s law change we’ve had heaps more people making the smart choice and getting their gear checked with us. This is brilliant and we love that you’re doing it, especially considering the amount of eutylone we found! Unfortunately, we were ridiculously under-resourced for the amount of people that wanted to come and seeContinue reading “We’re changing how we do things”
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This was the summer of terrible drugs
KnowYourStuffNZ drug checking service was in huge demand this summer festival season. We doubled the number of tests from last summer and attended more events than ever before. KnowYourStuffNZ checked 2,744 samples at 27 events between April 2020 and March 2021. Our annual testing report and client survey have now been released. What we foundContinue reading “This was the summer of terrible drugs”
Jez’s presentation from the Parliamentary Symposium on Drugs
Jez’s talk from the Parliamentary symposium. This talk is excellent on 2 fronts: 1) it shows what privilege does if it gets off its arse, and 2) it shows how unrealistic it is for Government to use us as a methodological model for other grassroots organisations to copy without coupling it with serious funding.
Wendy’s presentation from the Parliamentary Symposium on Drugs
Stigma. Like we’ve said before, it’s bullshit. It keeps people from coming forward and asking for the help they need. It creates an idea of who does and who doesn’t ‘deserve’ help, in spite of desperately needing it. It doesn’t fix any problems or reduce harms caused by using drugs. All stigma does is makeContinue reading “Wendy’s presentation from the Parliamentary Symposium on Drugs”
A year of legal drug checking: A word from Wendy
After the temporary law was put in place last year, we saw a massive increase in demand. Unfortunately, neither of these things came with an increase in funding and we knew from the start that we wouldn’t be able to meet that demand. In fact, we had to turn down over 20 events this season.Continue reading “A year of legal drug checking: A word from Wendy”