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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hi friends, This week’s article is about drug checking services in Slovenia. Slovenia’s drug checking services, like Aotearoa’s, originally started as peer-lead reagent testing, but gained government support and now several drug checking operations are available around the country. 1/7

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hi friends! It’s Mythbuster Monday! 🥳 🥳 🥳 Last time we explored how the stigma surrounding synthetic drugs gave them a reputation for being more dangerous than natural drugs. Today we're looking at whether synthetic drugs are actually more dangerous than natural drugs. 1/5

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hi friends, This week’s article is an article about a type of drug called nitazines, how they were initially developed, and their introduction into the illicit drug market. 1/7

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hi friends! It’s Mythbuster Monday! 🥳 🥳 Last time we looked at what a synthetic drug was. This time we’re looking at synthetic stigma. During NZ's legal highs era, synthetic cannabinoids (such as Spice and K2) became the public face of synthetic drugs. 1/4

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hi friends! This week’s article is a review of recreational drug use in both transgender and cisgender populations. 1/8

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hi friends, This week’s article is about the drug trends in Australia between 2022-25. Usman et al. analysed wastewater samples from around Australia, as well as results from drug checkers (CANtest and CheQpoint), to see what kinds of drugs people were taking. Here’s what they found: 1/7

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi friends! It’s Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳 This month, we're unpacking the myth that 'synthetic' drugs are inherently more dangerous than 'natural' drugs. Natural, semi-synthetic, and synthetic describe how a drug is made. 1/4

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hi friends! 💛 This week’s article examines attitudes toward cannabis in the UK. Wadsworth et al. analysed results from the International Cannabis Policy study, which included 3444 UK residents, 1590 of which had taken cannabis in the past year. 1/6

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, a global day of remembrance for those we've lost. Preventing accidental overdose is one of the reasons why we started. With evidence-based info, people make safer choices. Read our new writeup at the link below 💛 knowyourstuff.nz/internationa...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We delivered our biggest year of drug checking yet! 💛 4,119 samples tested 💛 189 events across Aotearoa 💛 5,000+ clients supported knowyourstuff.nz/report/knowy...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at The role of stigma in impeding implementation of harm reduction services in San Francisco by Akiba et al. Published in SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, December 2025. 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today's article is Not just fentanyl: Understanding the complexities of the unregulated opioid supply through results from a drug checking service in British Columbia, Canada, by Gonzalez-Nieto et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We're back with Massey Wellington for a lil' AMA yarn on Tuesday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 11am - 2pm, 28th July 💛 Where: Colab, Level C, Block 9 Massey Wellington campus, Wallace St., Mount Cook Catch the elevator up from Tussock and you can't miss us 😊

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening next Saturday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 1st August 💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, Corner of Rintoul and Colombo streets, Newtown. Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hi Waikato friends! We've got our regular monthly drug checking clinic happening next weekend, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 4-7pm, 1st August 💛 Where: Basement of The Community House, 45 Bow St, Raglan Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hi Auckland friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening next Saturday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 6-9pm, 1st August 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come & find out what's in your stuff 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We're going to be at the Te Tira Ahu Pae Market Day on Thursday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 11am-1pm, 23rd July 💛 Where: The Pyramid, Massey Wellington campus, Wallace Street, Mount Cook

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hi Whānganui friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this Friday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 12-5pm, 24th July 💛 Where: Whānganui DHDP, 195 Wicksteed St, Whānganui Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hi Christchurch friends! Just dropping by to let you know that our UCSA clinic next week is on Tuesday instead of the usual Wednesday 😊 💛 When: 3-7pm, 21st July 💛 Where: Haere-roa Clubs meeting room, 90 Ilam Road, UCSA Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We've got a special drug checking clinic next week 🎉🎉🎉 💛 When: 11am-3pm, 22nd July 💛 Where: Room 9C17 in the CoLab space, Block 9, Level C, Massey Wellington campus, Wallace Street, Mount Cook. Head up the elevators across the hall from Tussock and look for the yellow 😊

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at Effects of psychedelics on opioid use disorder: a scoping review of preclinical studies by Pulido-Saavara et al, published in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, January 2025. 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hi Auckland friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening on Saturday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 6-9pm, 18th July 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hi Bay of Plenty friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this Friday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 12-3pm, 17 July 💛 Where: 21b Totara Street, Mount Maunganui. Use the Phoenix St. entrance 😊 Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 One lesson from both the Portugal and Oregon cases is that decriminalisation alone cannot eliminate drug-related harm. 1/n

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hi Dunedin friends! We've got a special Re-O week drug checking clinic happening this week, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 4:30-7:30pm, 17th July 💛 Where: The Otago Room, OUSA Clubs and Socs, 84 Albany Street Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hi friends! Sorry, this afternoon's Hamilton clinic's been cancelled as we can't get into the building 😢 If you're in the Waikato and you've got something you need checked maybe taihoa until next week's NEWS or NEMMS clinics, eh? See you there 😊

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hi Christchurch friends! UCSA's weekly drug checking clinics are back on 😊 💛When: 3-7pm every Wednesday afternoon 💛 Haere Roa, 90 Ilam Road, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hi friends! We've got a drop in AMA session next week at Massey Wellington 😊 Bring us your questions about drug checking, harm reduction, the law, or...well. Anything to do with drugs in Aotearoa 😊 💛When: 11am-2pm, 16th July 💛Where: The Pyramid, Massey Wellington campus, Wallace St., Mount Cook

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at Trusting the source: The role of drug dealers in reducing drug-related harms via drug checking by Bardwell et al. Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, May 2019. 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Hi Hamilton friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening on Saturday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 4-7pm, 11 July 💛 Where: Level 2, 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 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening up at VUW, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 9th July 💛 Where: The Board Room, VUWSA Building, Victoria University Kelburn Campus, Kelburn Parade Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at Ethical justifications for safe supply interventions by T. Reider, published in International Journal of Drug Policy, March 2025. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hi friends! We've got some tips to reduce your risks if things in the G family are your substance of choice 😊 💛 ALWAYS get your stuff checked. GHB, GBL, and 1,4-BD are dose-sensitive, so make sure you're taking what you think you're taking. 1/n

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this weekend, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 4th July 💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, Corner of Rintoul and Colombo Streets, Newtown. Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hi Raglan friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening on Saturday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 4-7pm, 4th July 💛 Where: Basement of The Community House, 45 Bow St, Raglan Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hi Auckland friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening on Saturday, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 6-9pm, 4th July 💛 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 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 In 2020, Oregon became the first US state to decriminalise possession of small amounts of all drugs through Measure 110 (M110). 1/n

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogues in illicit drug samples by Marland et al. 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at “Wood-lover paralysis”: Describing a toxidrome with symptoms of weakness caused by some lignicolous “wood-loving” Psilocybe mushrooms, by Beck et al, published in Toxicon, September 2025. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/n

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hi Auckland friends! We've got our regular fortnightly drug checking clinic happening this weekend, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 6-9pm, 20th June 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hi Bay of Plenty friends! We've got our regular drug checking clinic coming up, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 12-3pm, 19th June 💛 Where: NEMMS needle exchange, 21b Totara Street, Mount Maunganui. Use the Phoenix Lane entrance. Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hi Hamilton friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this week, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 10am - 12pm, 18 June 💛 Where: 16 Vialou Street, Hamilton Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so bring us your gear and find out what's in your stuff 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 Today we're looking at Portugal's drug law. In 2001, Portugal decriminalised personal drug possession after decades of rising heroin-related harm, including overdose deaths, HIV/AIDS, and injecting drug use. 1/n

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today's article is How Should Harm Reduction Strategies Differ for Adolescents and Adults? AMA Journal of Ethics, by Heward, Yule and Jackson, published in AMA Journal of Ethics, July 2024. 1/n journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-...

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 This month we're looking at the myth that drug decriminalisation increases drug-related harm. Drug policy reforms often overlap between legalisation, depenalisation, and decriminalisation. 1/n

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🎉🎉🎉 Today we're looking at Unmet treatment need: the size of the gap for alcohol and other drugs in Australia, by Ritter and O'Reilly, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, February 2025. 1/n onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hi Auckland friends! We've got our regular fortnightly drug checking clinic happening this weekend, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 6-9pm, 6th June 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hi Wellington friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this weekend 😊 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 6 June 💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, corner of Rintoul and Colombo streets Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hi Dunedin friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this week 😊 💛 When: 4:30-7:30pm, 5th June 💛 Where: Otago Room, OUSA Clubs & Socs, 84 Albany Street Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so bring us your gear & find out what's in your stuff 💛

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KnowYourStuffNZ @knowyourstuffnz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hi Waikato friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this weekend, so come and say hi 😊 💛 When: 4-7pm, 6th June 💛 Where: Basement of The Community House, 45 Bow St, Raglan Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

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