Wendy Allison
Dramatic drop in synthetic cathitones this summer
Drug testing organisations have seen a dramatic drop in the prevalence of eutylone - a synthetic drug often referred to as "bath salts" and sold as MDMA.
It comes as festival-goers spend their first… Audio
Funding issues bite for drug checking agency after law change
Ecstasy, Pingers, MDMA, are all different names for the second most popular illegal drug in New Zealand.
Police wastewater testing shows consumption has been growing consistently, with more than a… Audio
Festival drug testing to become permanent
The government will make drug testing a permanent fixture at events like music festivals. The Drug Checking Act expires at the end of the year, but will now be made permanent as the government says… Audio
Drug testing groups want to expand beyond music festivals
Drug testing groups say there is huge demand beyond festivals and they want the resources to branch out.
Before Christmas, the Government rushed through an interim law that enables drug checking for… Audio
Pill testing law too late for this summer
A volunteer group that tests drugs at festivals says the new pill testing law passed this week is too late to make any difference to young people this summer. The interim law ensures that volunteer… Audio
Govt to allow drug-checking at summer festivals
The Government will rush through legislation to allow drug-checking programmes to take place at festivals this summer without fear of prosecution. The Panel speaks to Wendy Allison is the managing… Audio
KnowYourStuffNZ pill library offers guidance on party drugs
A group which tests drugs for purity at music festivals have launched a "pill library" on their website listing all the different substances they found this summer.
KnowYourStuffNZ operates stalls at… Audio
MDMA pills at festivals this year stronger than ever
Hundreds of pills checked by the volunteer drug-testing organisation Know Your Stuff over the last few days have revealed a particular nasty that was prominent last summer, appears to be on the… Audio
Young NZ First at odds with Winston Peters on pill-testing
New Zealand First's youth wing is at odds with its leader Winston Peters over pill-testing at festivals and is working to overturn the party's position. The news comes after a One News Colmar Brunton… Audio
Skirting the rules on illicit drugs for safety's sake
Drug testing volunteers who set up at festivals and events are treading a legal grey area, held up by politicians with morals. Audio
Summer festival drugs 'designed to baffle tests'
You'll have heard in the past few days, stories of drugs made with pesticides at Rhythm and Vines. A drug-testing organisation Know Your Stuff, managing director Wendy Allison tells us what the… Audio
Drug testing at music festivals
Summer is just around the corner, and that means summer music festivals - and, whether you like it or not, summer music festivals mean some people are going to be taking drugs. Audio
Homegrown festival warned of dangerous fake ecstasy drug
Wellington's biggest music festival, Homegrown, is being encouraged by experts to have testing available at next month's festival to screen for a dangerous drug being sold as ecstasy. Police are… Audio
From Zero - Partying Hard
Politicians and police agree that drug-checking at music festivals is probably a good idea. So why is it still illegal? Audio