Drug testing at festivals hoping to provide safer events
Events in the media
New Zealand’s new drug-checking legislation will be put to the test in what looks set to be the first unrestricted music festival season since the pandemic began.
Events can now license drug-checking clinics on location after the Government brought in legislation to allow for substances to be tested on-site to ensure they are not laced.
The New Zealand Drug Foundation said nearly a quarter of the drugs which circulated at festivals were not what they claimed to be.
