pill testing
Canberra’s Free Pill-Testing Service Shows Most Ket Isn’t Ket
“There’s a storyline that drug users don’t care and they're reckless and don’t give a shit about their own health, but it’s just not true.”
The Forces Behind Australia’s First Fixed Pill Testing Site Hope It Sparks A National Trend
“I teared up walking in there.”
New Zealand Becomes First Country in the World To Fully Legalise Drug Checking
New legislation will allow people to test illicit substances at music festivals and beyond. Experts say it will save lives.
NSW’s Latest Drug Policy is Essentially Just 'More Bins'
Gladys Berejiklian has said no to pill testing and yes to 'drug amnesty bins' at music festivals. Let's unpack that.
Expert Review Finds Pill Testing Works, While State Premiers Continue to Condemn It
Gladys Berejiklian says pill testing doesn't work, and that it "could actually cause more deaths." A number of experts disagree.
Draft Coroner’s Report Reveals Pill Testing Will Be Recommended at NSW Music Festivals
The leaked document also recommends the removal of sniffer dogs and a restriction of police powers to conduct strip searches.
Here are Some of the Toxic Chemicals Being Found in Australian Ecstasy
From PMA to NBOMe, we rounded up the most common alternatives to MDMA being used in Australia.
The Rise and Fall of 'Red Mitsubishis': the Pill That Terrified Australia
In the 90s, they were the pill of choice. By the early 2000s they'd become public enemy number one.
We Asked Drug Dealers How They've Been Affected by Festival Deaths
"I'm definitely seeing more caution and questions being asked. Buyers now want to see the product beforehand and know how other people have reacted."
A ‘Drug Overdose’ at Beyond The Valley Was Probably a Snake Bite
It's been revealed that 20-year-old Callum Edwards, who died of a suspected drug overdose last week, had tiger snake venom in his system.
Former Australian Police Commissioner wants to Decriminalise Drugs
Mick Palmer wants to see an Australia where taking recreational drugs is legal—and, more importantly, safe.