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Drug testing groups are ramping up their services outside of music festivals, all while the government seeks a permanent way for them to operate without fearing legal repercussions.
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Drug testing likely to be offered at O-Week 17 Jan, 2021 06:15 PM 2 minutes to read The Otago University Students Association is in discussions with drug testing organisation Know Your Stuff to have testing available. Photo / NZH The Otago University Students Association is in discussions with drug testing organisation Know Your Stuff to have testing available. Photo / NZH Otago Daily Times Drug testing is likely at next month's University of Otago Orientation Week events. The Otago University Students Association (OUSA) confirmed it was in discussions with drug testing organisation Know Your...
One girl started convulsing, another was hyperthermic, after taking MDMA suspected to be laced with bath salts.
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Drug checking group says most users won't take MDMA if it's revealed to be eutylone 11 Jan, 2021 07:53 PM 3 minutes to read A drug harm reduction service says most people would refuse to take drugs they had purchased if they weren't what they thought they were. The group Know Your Stuff said at festivals on New Year's Eve 75 per cent of attendees that brought their drugs to be checked said that they would not take them if they turned out to be eutylone in place of MDMA. Read More Advertisement Fifteen per cent said they would maybe take it, and 10 per cent said they would still take their sub...
'I was too scared to move': Alarming reports of drug reactions at NYE festivals The crowd at Rhythm and Vines in Gisborne. Photo / File 'I was too scared to move': Alarming reports of drug reactions at NYE festivals Sat, 9 Jan 2021, 9:41AM Hundreds of New Year festival-goers have reported alarming symptoms – including paranoia, seizures, severe nausea and inability to sleep for days – after taking chemicals sold to them as MDMA, or ecstasy. The wave of bad reactions may be yet another consequence of the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. The reports, nearly 1000 ...