Drug-testing group Know Your Stuff has warned that tests at five events in New Zealand this summer have found MDMA pills laced with bath salts or N-ethylpentylone, a substance linked to deaths overseas and hospitalisations in New Zealand. This follows Police Minister Stuart Nash this week saying, in the wake of stories around toxic drugs found … Read more
With the festival season just around the corner, KnowYourStuffNZ founder Wendy Allison explains why drug laws need to change so that they can help people find out what is in the substances they plan to consume, and avoid causing themselves enormous harm The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 was made in a time when the range of … Read more
A surprisingly strong batch of MDMA has arrived on our fair shores. We know people are going to take it, so Wendy Allison, founder of pill testing organisation KnowYourStuffNZ, says we need to make harm reduction easier. Historically, when people have taken “ecstasy” in New Zealand it has not usually been MDMA. It is by … Read more