CanTEST is experiencing a 'spike' in demand for pill testing

The Canberra Times

WATCH: Canberra's drug checking service is seeing an increasing number of young people wanting to test their samples. Program manager Steph Tzanetis said for the first time CanTEST had checked 200 samples in month in September 2024.

Transcript

00:00Each month we release our summaries like these ones on the wall and so we have just finished

00:06month 27. Those results won't be out for a couple of weeks but that was our first month where we

00:13had more than 200 samples. People are aware of the dangers in the market. There has been

00:20statements made by ACT police about an increase in drug-related harm. We're approaching the

00:27festival summer season and so people might be getting prepared for going to events but in

00:33general people are just becoming more familiar with our service and aware of drug checking

00:38services and their benefits.

Category

Transcript

Recommended