Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 6:49 am
New figures
released by KnowYourStuffNZ show that drug checking this
summer resulted in the vast majority of people who attended
drug checking choosing not to take the harmful cathinone
eutylone, where it turned out they had unwittingly purchased
it.
NZ Drug Foundation Executive Director Sarah Helm
said: “Some 75% said they wouldn’t take the substance,
and a further 15% said they weren’t sure, as a result of
attending drug checking and finding out the substance they
had was the more harmful substance eutylone. The percentage
of people who have decided they wouldn’t take the
substance is significantly greater than in previous years.