Australien. Six reasons Australia should pilot ‘pill testing’ party drugs The death of 19-year-old Georgina Bartter at a music festival on the weekend from a suspected ecstasy overdose could possibly have been avoided with a simple harm…

Australien. Show some courage on pill testing and save young lives Five deaths at music festivals in less than five months. And, if I listen to some critics, the one thing stopping pill testing is that it is seen as people like me giving the green…

Australien. 'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning Music festival-goers across Australia have been warned about a "dangerous orange pill", after a young man died of a suspected drug overdose. (BBC, 31.12.2018) https://www.bbc.c…

UK. Fake Percocet tablets containing fentanyl in circulation The Metropolitan Police have issued an alert regarding the seizure of ’significant’ quantities of fake Percocet tablets that contained fentanyl and no other psychoactive drug…

How Harm Reduction Services Are Keeping Festivalgoers Safer (...) As a regular festivalgoer I’ve long observed an unsettling relationship some people can have with psychedelics. Drug experiences can be particularly risky at events which have…

Drug safety testing, disposals and dealing in an English field: Exploring the operational and behavioural outcomes of the UK’s first onsite ‘drug checking’ service, Fiona Catherine Measham International Journal of Drug Policy, 20…