Canberra service examined 70 samples in August with 25% of potential users discarding drugs once made aware of what they actually contained
All of the heroin samples contained heroin, with purity levels ranging from 31% to 63%, while just over 65% of MDMA samples contained that drug.
A majority of ketamine samples contained the substance, while one methamphetamine sample was found to be sugar. The samples were analysed by chemists at ANU’s Research School of Chemistry. Associate Prof Malcolm McLeod said the results provided insight into what kinds of drugs were being sold in the local market.
“They also suggest the service is reaching a far broader cross-section of the drug-taking community than what was possible from Australia’s first festival-based pill testing services conducted in previous years.” The CanTest service is a six-month trial run in collaboration with Directions Health Services, CAMHA, Pill Testing Australia and ACT Health.
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