In a further example of 2021 being a pain in the arse, last month’s Dunedin KnowYourStuffNZ drug checking day turned up dimethylpentylone being sold as MDMA. Thanks. We hate it. We found it in a pink Playboy pill, but it is also found as a white crystal, so definitely get both forms of your gearContinue reading “New cathinone being sold as MDMA”
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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”
So you want to test your MDMA?
Hooray, you got the message that there’s crap drugs around! Now what? If KnowYourStuffNZ is running a clinic near you, come see us! The spectrometer is more accurate, and the only way to detect when two psychoactives are mixed together. Reagent tests alone can’t rule those mixes out. Until we have funding, we can’t beContinue reading “So you want to test your MDMA?”
Washing away the Bath salts Myth – Part Two
This is Part Two in a short series by our South Island manager Finn Boyle about cathinones and the importance of nuanced language when we talk about them. We highly recommend you read Part One which explains the history of cathinones how meaningless and misleading the term ‘bath salts’ is. Lazy Language and the ResponsibilitiesContinue reading “Washing away the Bath salts Myth – Part Two”
Washing away the Bath salts myth – part one
This is Part One in a short series by our South Island manager Finn Boyle about cathinones and the importance of nuanced language when we talk about them. Calling cathinones ‘bath salts’ is oversimplification Cathinones are here to stay. We need better language to help manage their presence in our drug market. Cathinones are aContinue reading “Washing away the Bath salts myth – part one”