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Drug testing at Otago O-week in the open for first time 25 Feb, 2021 06:28 PM 3 minutes to read Know Your Stuff NZ Dunedin team leader Ashley Heydon legally tests a drug sample at the University of Otago Clubs and Societies building yesterday. Photo / Linda Robertson Otago Daily Times For the first time at the University of Otago's O Week, drug checking is out of a legal grey area and out in the open. Know Your Stuff NZ volunteers began three days of testing samples of illegal recreational drugs in the front room of the Otago University Students' Association's Clubs and Socs building, in Alba...

The Southern police district had 571mg, while Wellington had 529mg. The three districts are the only ones to have a greater number than the national average. In February 2020 MDMA use was up by 296 per cent in Canterbury from the month prior, which police attribute to the Electric Avenue music festival, alongside university orientation events. Canterbury district organised crime manager Detective Senior Sergeant Joel Syme said police were concerned about the region’s high usage rate. Stuff understands police across the country are targeting those supplying the drug. It is unclear whether...

Splore 2021: John Minty on Covid nightmares, keeping the festival 'quirky' and Treaty relationships 13 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 10 minutes to read Saturday night's dress-up party is one of the most popular features of Splore. Photo / File Saturday night's dress-up party is one of the most popular features of Splore. Photo / File Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz Fifteen years ago Splore was on the edge of collapse. Now, the festival has sold out three years in a row and, in a world of lockdowns amid Covid-19, 2021 is looking to be the most special yet. Michael...

Wellington police warn of risk after two incidents with suspected fake MDMA 12 Feb, 2021 01:15 AM 3 minutes to read People might be taking what they think is ecstasy, but is actually something else entirely. Photo / File People might be taking what they think is ecstasy, but is actually something else entirely. Photo / File Wellington police are warning partiers to be "vigilant" after two recent incidents where people passed out in local bars after taking what they thought was ecstasy. Area prevention manager Detective Senior Sergeant Warwick McKee said some members of the community were taki...

From 2000 to 2007, the party drug BZP was legal to buy and available from your local dairy. What happened? ‘This is what movies say drugs are like,” says Jim*, remembering how he felt when he took six party pills in one night. He was a musician, student, and regular drug taker – he’d munted his body and mind plenty of times. This was different, and he hated it. His body split into one very hot half and one very cold half, and he hallucinated a crow in his living room. It was 2007 and streaming services didn’t exist, so he watched a Napoleon Dynamite DVD on loop for five hours with t...