KnowYourStuffNZ OPINION: There has been plenty of misinformation going around about drug checking in the last week. To counter that, here are some facts. Four people hospitalised after ingesting substance at dance music festival Listen In Duncan Garner: Drug testing at festivals is what’s best for our kids ACT leader David Seymour throws support behind drug testing at music festivals Fact 1. We do not hand drugs back to people after testing. Testing requires a tiny amount of the substance. It is not handled by the tester at all. The person intending to take a drug places a tiny amount of their drug on the spectrometer and it is destroyed in the process of testing. Fact 2. We never tell people their drugs are safe. The first thing we say to people is that the safest drug use is not to use drugs at all. Then we have a discussion with each person about the risks of the substance they plan to take. Drug checking facilities provide specific education about the risks of drug use. Fact 3. The service is not publicly funded. It runs entirely on donations. KnowYourStuffNZ is not seeking public funding. The proposed law change would allow… Read full this story
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