Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 This week's article is Evaluation of DrugWipe® 6S with the WipeAlyser® reader for drug screening of drivers, by Jamt et al, published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology, April 2025 academic.oup.com/jat/advance-...

Kia ora e hoa mai i Porirua! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 💛 Ina: 11am - 3pm, 15 Whiringa-ā-rangi 💛 Kei hea: 4 Lydney Place, Porirua (i te ritenga atu o pāparakauta Metro me te pāparakauta) Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Kia ora e hoa mai i Wānaka! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari apopo 😄 💛 Ina: 5-9pm, 14 Whiringa-ā-rangi 💛 Kei hea: Faulks' Room, Lake Wanaka Centre, Ardmore Street Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Hi Kāpiti friends! We've got our regular Porirua drug checking clinic this weekend 😃 💛 When: 11am - 3pm, 15th November 💛 Where: 4 Lydney Place, Porirua (Opposite Metro Bar and the mural) Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, & 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 💛

Heads up Wānaka friends! We've got a drug checking clinic heading your way TOMORROW 🥳🥳🥳 💛 When: 5-9pm, 14 November 💛 Where: Faulks Room, Lake Wanaka Centre, Ardmore Street Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so bring us your gear and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Heads up friends, we've got new multidose pill in the library! ⚖ Red Gucci ⚖ Square pressed pill with 'Gucci' written on it and Gucci logo on the front ⚖ Weight: 500mg ⚖ Estimated to contain between 2 and 3 standard doses of MDMA. More details in our Pill Library knowyourstuff.nz/pill-library/

Heads up, friends. Roadside drug testing was announced yesterday. It's going to roll out first in Te Whanaganui-a-Tara/Wellington in December and then in the rest of the country about April-ish 2026. drugfoundation.org.nz/news-and-rep...

Heads up friends, we've had an acute harm incident from etomidate (aka space vapes, space oil, kpods, eto). Things to watch out for: 🚑 breathing difficulty 🚑 low heart rate 🚑 low blood pressure 🚑dizziness 🚑 passing out Full details on the High Alert website www.highalert.org.nz/alerts-and-n...

Celebrating International Drug Users Day 2025 with peers from Australia and around the world, and an awards night recognising outstanding peers. #IDUD2025 #humanrights #pwud

Hi friends! It’s Mythbuster Monday 😀 We tried to keep the myth that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MoDA) is useful law to October, but it was too big to bust in 4 weeks. Here’s the last episode, asking is MoDA stopping the misuse of drugs? It isn’t. We can’t arrest our way out of drug harms. 1/n

Hi friends! It’s Mythbuster Wednesday 😀 October’s myth is that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MoDA) is useful legislation. This week we’re looking at whether or not it was ever fit for purpose. This week was another 2-part post, and you can check part 1 out in our feed.

Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū auau 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 1 Whiringa-ā-rangi 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😘

Hi Auckland friends! We've got another fortnightly drug checking clinic coming up this week 😁 💛 When: 6-9pm, 1 November 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Kia ora e hoa mai i Whāingaroa! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 😃 💛 Ina: 2-5pm, 1 Whiringa-ā-rangi 💛 Kei hea: 45 Bow St, Whāingaroa Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Hi Raglan friends! We've got our regular drug checking coming your way this weekend! This Saturday's a slightly different time to our normal slot😃 💛 When: 2pm-5pm, 1 November 💛 Where: Raglan Community House, 45 Bow St Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 😘

Hi friends! It’s Mythbuster Monday 😀 October’s myth is that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MoDA) is useful legislation. This week we’re looking at if it was ever fit for purpose. This one’s another monster, so we’re splitting it into 2. We’ll post the Part 2 on Wednesday. 1/n

Hi friends! We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary keeping you breathers breathing, so we’ve made a special hoodie as a thank you for the trust 🥰💛🥰💛🥰💛 We’re only making 50 of these beauties, so get in quick! Visit the shop: w8ccea-qs.myshopify.com

Awww yeeahhh we love to see this, friends! Drug checking is coming to Glasgow🥳😍🥳😍🥳😍 We hear Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen are still getting their licences, and we're super excited to see harm reduction spreading. Tha gaol againn air an obair agad 😃🥰 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/gla...

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🙂 Last week we looked at why Aotearoa followed the UN into the drug war in the 1970’s. This week we’re looking at the research on cannabis and LSD that informed their classification as Schedule 1. So why were these substances thought to be so harmful? 1/n

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 This week's article is a trial of psilocybin for treatment-resistent depression. Aaronson et al. administered a 25mg dose of psilocybin to 12 patients with treatment-resistant depression. Interesting things for us: 1/n psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10....

Kia ora e hoa mai i Whāingaroa! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 😃 💛 Ina: 4-7pm, 18 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: 45 Bow St, Whāingaroa Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😘

Hi Raglan friends! We've got our regular drug checking coming your way this weekend! 😃 💛 When: 4pm-7pm, 18 October 💛 Where: Raglan Community House, 45 Bow St Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so bring us your gear and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hi friends! Can you help Minske with their research?

Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū auau 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 18 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😘

Hi Auckland friends! We've got another fortnightly drug checking clinic coming up this week 😁 💛 When: 6-9pm, 18 October 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Kia ora e hoa mai i Ōtautahi! Kotahi noa ta matou wātū tātari matū i mua i te mutunga o te tau o te whare wananga😄 💛 Ina: 3-7pm, 17 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: The Club Rooms, Haere Roa, 90 Ilam Road, Ilam. Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Hi Christchurch friends! There's only a couple of weeks left of our regular checking clinics at UCSA, so come see us while we're here 💛 💛 When: 3-7pm, every Wednesday 💛 Where: The Club Rooms, Haere Roa, 90 Ilam Road, Ilam. Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 😘

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Wednesday🙂 This is part 2 of our dive into MoDA’s legal background. You can find part 1 in our feed. The 1969 Blake Palmer report claimed that our drug problem was a non-event: 1/n

Kia ora e hoa mai i Ōtepoti! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū i te Rāmere 😄 💛 Ina: 4:30-7:30pm, 17 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: OUSA Clubs & Societies building, 84 Albany Street Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😊

Kia ora e hoa mai i Mauao! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū 💛 Ina: 12-3pm, 17 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: NEMMS needle exchange, 21b Totara Street, Mauao. Whakamahia te tatau o muri i te huarahi o Phoenix Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa & 100% te ture

Hi Dunedin friends! We've got a drug checking clinic heading your way this week 😃😃 😃 💛 When: 4:30-7:30pm, 17 October 💛 Where: OUSA Clubs and Societies Centre, 84 Albany Street, Dunedin North Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Hi Bay of Plenty friends! We've got our regular Mount Maunganui drug checking clinic this week😀 💛 When: 12-3pm, 17 October 💛 Where: NEMMS Needle Exchange, 21b Totara Street, Mount Maunganui (Use the Phoenix Lane entrance) Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Hi friends. Just want to give a heads up to what's happening in Queensland right now bc it's heartbreaking. We started KnowYourStuffNZ 10 years ago because we knew sooner or later someone was going to die from an adulterated or substituted substance. 1/n www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Hi friends! Welcome to Mythbuster Monday 🙂 Last week we had an intro to MoDA. Now we’re going look at why the changes made from the Narcotics Act 1965 were thought necessary. This is a HUGE topic to cover, so we’re splitting it. We'll post part 2 on Wednesday. 1/n

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳 This week we’ve found a German review of a three-year take home naloxone project called Naltrain. The interesting (and super inspiring) things for us were: 1/n pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Recordings from the 2025 NDARC Research Symposium are now available www.unsw.edu.au/research/nda...

Kia ora e hoa mai i Kirikiriroa! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 🙂 💛 Ina: 4-7pm, 11 Whiringa-ā-Nuku 💛 Kei hea: L2, 11 Garden Place, Te pokapū o Kirikiriroa Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😘

Hi Hamilton friends! We've got our regular drug checking coming your way this weekend! 😃 💛 When: 4-7pm, Saturday 11 October 💛 Where: L2, 11 Garden Place, Hamilton Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so bring us your gear and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hi friends! There's been an increase in harm from etomidate (space oil) vapes in the last few weeks 😕 Etomidate is an anaesthetic. This means 🚩it doesn't play well with downers (ket, benzos, booze) 🚩it's dose sensitive - it's easy to accidentally take too much 1/2 thelevel.org.nz/news-and-sto...

Hi friends! Welcome to Mythbuster Monday :) October’s the 50th anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 - the legislation that informs how Aotearoa treats all things drug-related. This month’s myth is the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MoDA) is effective. 1/n

Kia ora e hoa mai i Porirua! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 💛 Ina: 11am - 3pm, 11 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: 4 Lydney Place, Porirua (i te ritenga atu o pāparakauta Metro me te pāparakauta) Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Hi Kāpiti friends! We've got our regular Porirua drug checking clinic this weekend 😃 💛 When: 11am - 3pm, 11th October 💛 Where: 4 Lydney Place, Porirua (Opposite Metro Bar and the mural) Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come & find out what's in your stuff 💛

Hi Queenstown friends! We're bringing our drug checking clinics back to your neck of the woods for summer😄 💛 When: 5-9pm, 10th October 💛 Where: The Supper Room, Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial Street, Queenstown Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal😘

Hi friends! September's blog is a little bit late, and we're sorry, but it's definitely worth the wait 😄 knowyourstuff.nz/knowyourscie...

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 This week's article is Pilot Testing an Asynchronous Online Harm Reduction and Pharmacotherapy Stigma Reduction Training for Substance Use Treatment Professionals. 1/n journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū i te Rāhoroi 😀 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau

Kia ora e hoa mai i Te Whanganui-a-Tara! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama i te Rāhoroi 💛 Ina: 11am-2pm, 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: Newtown Community Centre, i te kokonga o nga tiriti o Rintoul St me Colombo St, Newtown.

Hi Wellington friends! We've got our October drug checking clinic coming your way😃 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 4th October 💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, Corner Colombo and Rintoul Streets Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 😘