Drug Testing
Why Ketamine Makes You Dizzy—And When to Worry
It can be a total crapshoot what you’re really getting, so it's good to know the signs of a potential overdose.
Drug-Testing Company Used in Child Custody Cases Investigated for Fraud
The DOJ investigated Averhealth, emails reviewed by VICE News show, after the company’s ex-lab director testified up to 30 percent of its results in Michigan were wrong.
VIC Health Warns of 'Chemical Similar to PCP' Sold as Ketamine
If taken with depressants such as opioids, benzodiazepines, GHB, or alcohol, 3-HO-PCP can become incredibly dangerous.
A New Study in the ACT Will Let Home-Growers Test Their Weed for Free
Ever wondered what's in your weed? Well, it's your lucky day.
Why It Still Sucks To Get High in the Arab World's Biggest City
Egypt has been trying to eliminate drug use since the medieval era. But for just as long, people in Cairo have been finding ways around the clampdowns.
Can the Police Really Swab You For Drugs on a Night Out?
A recent Met Police video shows officers drug testing clubbers in Shoreditch. We asked an expert if people need to be concerned.
Sorry, Young Thug: You Can’t Tell if Pills Are Fake With a Phone Flashlight
There are more surefire ways to test your drugs.
Drug Advice Is Better Than Government Approach of 'Just Doing Nothing', Research Finds
The government line is still "just say no" – but research suggests that engaging with drug users could help to reduce harms. Who'd have thought it.
New Fingerprint Technology Can Tell If You've Taken Coke Recently
University of Surrey researchers have figured out a new way to test for cocaine and yes, it works – we tried it.
The Funny, Tragic Stories of People Whose Parents Drug-Tested Them
"I’ll never forget my mom yelling 'YOU’RE DOING BARBITURATES?!?' at 8 o’clock in the morning on the lord’s day."
We Looked Into the Kits You Can Use to Test Your Drugs
Drug checking is part of a harm-reduction approach that emphasizes reducing the negative impact of drug use rather than telling people not to use them—which usually doesn’t work.
Why New Zealand Needs Legal Drug Testing at its Summer Festivals
"It will only take one super-toxic thing to emerge onto the market and we will have a lot of deaths," says KnowYourStuffNZ's Wendy Allison.