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 yellow powder. Metonitazene is an opioid analgesic in the Nitazene family. It’s more potent than fentanyl It comes on very fast and very strong, giving a depressive or sedative effectContinueContinue reading “Metonitazene, a high-risk opioid’s been found in Aotearoa”
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Cocaine: Know your stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ
Cocaine is a stimulant and alkaloid drug that’s extracted from the leaves of two coca plant species native to South America. It’s manufactured into three different forms: cocaine – a fine powder; crack cocaine – small rocks; freebase cocaine – a crystallised powder. Both crack and freebase can be heated until sublimated and then inhaled,ContinueContinue reading “Cocaine: Know your stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ”
A word about methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is the black sheep of the amphetamine drug family. It has an almost polar opposite reputation to MDMA, the other popular drug in the very broad amphetamine family. Methamphetamine has a high redose compulsion and, like other amphetamines, is an appetite suppressant and a disinhibitor; which is not the best combination if you wantContinueContinue reading “A word about methamphetamine”
Be a K know-it-all
At KnowYourStuffNZ we’ve seen quite a bump in the use of ketamine over this festival season (pardon the pun). As we’re responsible ponies who like to make everybody safer, we want to give some easy to digest, legit information about K: no horse-play here. Here’s what our friends at The Loop have to say: “KetamineContinueContinue reading “Be a K know-it-all”
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.