USA. Drug Users In D.C. Can Now Legally Test Their Dope for Fentanyl. Now How About Over-the-Counter Naloxone? Outdated drug paraphernalia laws are getting in the way of saving lives. In an emergency measure passed unanimously yesterday, the D.C. C…

Avoiding the bitter pill Drug checking is adding a new dimension to global harm reduction. Like most drug harm reduction initiatives and now the global spread of vaping for nicotine, drug checking is a bottom up movement started by those concerned…

UK trials provide new evidence that pill testing reduces harm at festivals The APSAD Scientific Alcohol and other Drugs Conference is happening in Melbourne this week, which happens to be the southern hemisphere’s largest summit on alcohol an…

UK-London. The Met Police Are Blocking Clubs from Keeping Drug Users Safe - They're refusing to back the introduction of a scheme that's been shown to work. This article is part of "Safe Sesh", a VICE harm reduction campaign produced in collaborati…

Australien. Ecstasy pill tests 'will save lives', says Perth researcher SECRET, unauthorised pill testing by a Perth researcher at a music festival last summer found 99 per cent of users chose to bin their drugs when told they contained unknown sub…

EMCDDA. Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges Summary:  A number of European countries have implemented drug checking with the aim of providing targeted preventive messages to recrea…