Australian police are cracking down on deadly drugs that have been cut with the synthetic opioid Nitazene, after four people died from suspected overdoses. Federal Police Commander Paula Hudson wants everyone to be aware of the dangers of consuming Nitazenes, which is 1000 times more potent than morphine. “Nitazenes haveContinue Reading
A grieving mum turned accidental advocate says NSW must catch up to other states in implementing a pill testing program, unanimously stating: “It will save lives”. It’s been more than four years since NSW-woman Jennie Ross-King lost her 19-year-old daughter Alex after she overdosed on three MDMA capsules at Parramatta-basedContinue Reading
The first drug checking pilot in NSW will begin operating in an inner-city suburb from Monday, ahead of a highly anticipated Drug Summit promised for later this year. The program, colloquially known as pill testing, will run one day a week for about four months at the Medically Supervised InjectingContinue Reading
A life-threatening opioid is falsely being sold as MDMA in Sydney – but those who want to test for the deadly drug have no way to safely do so. Three people were sent to Sydney hospital over the last weekend of January after taking what they thought was as littleContinue Reading
Celebrated philanthropist and billionaire Sir Richard Branson has called for sweeping drug reform in NSW, as activists continue to push for a pill testing trial ahead of the summer festival season. In a video published in collaboration with Uniting, the social justice arm of the Uniting Church, the founder ofContinue Reading
Industry and medical bodies representing nurses and doctors have called on the NSW government to urgently implement pill and drug-checking measures during the summer festival season or risk putting young lives at risk. A joint letter between The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), NSW Nurses and Midwives Association,Continue Reading
Pill testing will be offered across Queensland in a bid to reduce the risk of people using harmful and potentially lethal illicit drugs. The Palaszczuk government announced it will offer the pill testing services after successful trials in the ACT, where users could have their illicit drugs chemically tested toContinue Reading