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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    A ripple effect from an increase in drug checking

    A ripple effect from an increase in drug checking


    The Drug Foundation tested more than two-and-a-half thousand samples at almost 100 clinics in 2023 -- up 51-percent on the year before.

    Nearly one in five weren't the drugs people were expecting.

    Executive Director Sarah Helm says they've picked up everything from sugar through to industrial chemicals - which aren't safe for human consumption.

    She says they can then tell the wider community those substances are circulating, preventing further harm.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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