Wendy Allison

Guest writer

Without proper education, people are far more at risk of serious drug harm (Image: UIG via Getty Images).

Summer reissue: Festival season, where dodgy drugs thrive thanks to a dumb law

Why drug laws need to change to help people find out what is in the substances they plan to consume, and avoid causing themselves enormous harm.

By Wendy Allison | 3rd January, 2019

Testing for drug composition (Photo: Know Your Stuff)

Here comes festival season, where dodgy drugs thrive thanks to a dumb law

With the festival season just around the corner, drug laws need to change to help people avoid consuming substances that will cause enormous harm

By Wendy Allison | 25th October, 2018

Photo: Getty Images

There’s some strong ecstasy going around, so we need to make pill testing easy

A surprisingly strong batch of MDMA has arrived on our fair shores. We know people are going to take it, so Wendy Allison, founder of pill testing organisation KnowYourStuffNZ, says we need to make harm reduction easier.

By Wendy Allison | 10th January, 2018