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If you want to help you can still donate. Everything goes towards keeping our heads above water and is incredibly appreciated ❤️

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🧪 SCIENCE! The spectrometers, reagents, test strips, and kits for when we need to send things to our BFFs at PHF for further analysis.

⛺ All the tents, chairs, tables, tent pegs, repair kits and other gear that we do our field science in (RIP Twisted kit you will live on in our hearts 😭🫡)

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❤️‍🩹Sometimes we have to deliver bad news (like in this photo) and it takes a lot of training for people to get that balance of science and compassion right so people on the receiving end of this bad news feel supported, not scared or judged.

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This photo is basically showing what your donations help pay for:

🙂Fully trained volunteers who can drive an FTIR spectrometer in the absolute wildest (and muddiest) of conditions AND translate chemistry into results everyone can understand and act on to reduce their risks.

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Hi friends!

We just want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who's donated over the last few weeks. Words are beggars when it comes to expressing exactly how helpful it's been. Even the lil' DMs saying how much you appreciate our mahi has meant the world 🥰

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You think you know your everything? - Know Your Stuff NZ We've had the specialist substance quizzes, now it's time to see how broad your knowledge goes in our extra for experts quiz! Are you a drug general knowledge guru? A polysubstance professor? Do you k...

Hi friends! It's quiz time 🎉🎉🎉

How well do you know the most common drvgs in Aotearoa? Are you a drvg general-knowledge guru? A polysubstance professor? Do you really know your stuff about...stuff?

Take the quiz and let us know how well you did in the comments 😘

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Hi LUSA friends! We know that proper planning prevents piss-poor toga partying, so we've got a lil' drug checking clinic for ya 😊

💛 When: 3 - 6pm, Friday 13th February
💛 Where: LUSA Club Rooms. 60 Ellesmere Junction Rd, Lincoln

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 😀

Hi Dunedin friends! We've got you covered for O and Flo week with three drug checking clinics this month 😊

We're in the Clubs and Societies building, 84 Albany Street, Dunedin North for all three clinics so come find us and say hi 🥰

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, & 100% legal

Warning for Kiwis after suspected mass MDMA overdose in Australia New Zealanders are being warned about a strength issue impacting MDMA pills that means about half the supply in the market is estimated to be ultra-high in

One pill is not one dose. Also, don't take it for granted that your pill is what you think it is. Come get your gear checked, eh?

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Hi Queenstown friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this Friday, so come and say hi 😊

💛 When: 5-9pm, 13 Feb
💛 Where: Queenstown Memorial Centre (Supper Room), 1 Memorial Street, Queenstown

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Volumetric dosing 101 Getting your dose right is one of the best ways to reduce your risks with any drug. Volumetric dosing lets you dose without scales, just add water.

Hi friends! Feb's blog is for everyone who forgot to cap their stuff before hitting the festival. No scales? No worries!

This month we talk about volumetric dosing:

💧How it works (shout out to Tripsit's calculator 🙌)
💧What you can dissolve

Read the article😘

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You think you know your magic mushrooms? - Know Your Stuff NZ So, you’re a scholar of shrooms, eh? A fungi fiend? A mushroom mastermind? Do you really know your stuff when it comes to magic mushrooms? 1) How many types of psychedelic mushrooms are there in Aotea...

Hi friends! It's quiz time 🎉🎉🎉

Are you a psilocybin professor? A mushroom mastermind? A scholar of shrooms? Take our quiz and see if you know your stuff about mushrooms 🍄😊

Let us know how you did in the comments 👇👇👇

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Hi Christchurch friends!

Our weekly UCSA drug checking clinics are kicking off next Wednesday 🎉🥰

💛 When: 3-7pm every Wed starting 11th February
💛 Where: UCSA Haere-roa, Clubs meeting room, 90 Ilam Road, University of Canterbury

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 😃

Sad news - We've had to cancel this weekend's Raglan clinic. Next weekend's Hamilton clinic is still good to go, so maybe chill until Valentine's Day 😘

We only got half a pill brought in, and that had 1-2 standard doses of MD and 1 light dose of k3t. A whole one would definitely put you at risk of a cardiac event, especially if you're a small human.

Check the Adulterated section of the Pill Library for full details 😘
knowyourstuff.nz/pill-library/

Hi friends, we've got a new risky pill added to the Pill Library

💊 Teal heart
💊 Sold as MDM4
💊 Contains mix of MDM4 and k3t

While this mix isn't too risky if you know that's what you're taking, if you think you're taking MD it's not going to hit right, so you might want to take more.

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Visit the Pill Library for the full details

knowyourstuff.nz/pill-library/

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Our spectrometers show things reagents don't. We can pick up the Salt Bae MD and see what's underneath it.

Sometimes it's something harmless. Sometimes it's very harmful.

Also mixing MD and caffeine can be risky as folk might take more chase the MD vibe. This puts them at risk of overamping.

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☕Blue star, 1 standard cup of coffee's worth of caffeine and 1 light dose MD

Adding a sprinkle of MDM4 to filler or a cathinone is a pretty old trick people use to fool the at home reagent tests. It's why we keep banging on about getting your gear checked at a proper checking clinic.

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Hi friends, we've just had the latest round of updates to the Pill Library come through this week and, ngl, it's looking pretty caffeinated out there.

☕ Purple/blue Soundcloud - 1 standard cup of coffee's worth of caffeine, not enough MD to register on the spec

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Better checked than wrecked 😘

Hi Raglan friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening next Saturday, so come and say hi 😊

💛 When: 4pm-7pm, Saturday 7th Feb
💛 Where: Basement of The Community House, 45 Bow St, Raglan

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Hi Wellington friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening next weekend, so come and say hi 😊

💛 When: 11am - 2pm Saturday 7th Feb
💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, corner of Rintoul and Colombo streets, Newtown

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Individually they don't cost much, but they really do add up, and we're falling short.

We know times are tight, and we hate to have to ask, but if you can spare anything, it would be an incredible help and mean so much.

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Hi friends! We really appreciate the number of people that have come forward and donated to us so far 😍

Unfortunately we do still need help though.

Festival season means we smash through things like cotton pads, reagents, the harm reduction handouts, and a bunch of other things.

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Mud? At MY Kiwiburn? It's more likely than you'd think 😂

Seriously though, it's always fulfilling coming back to our spiritual home and the place that KnowYourStuffNZ was born. Spawned? Inspired? You know what we mean.

A++ shenanigans, would shenanigan again ❤️

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Kia ora e hoa mai i Mauao! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari hei tenei Rāhoroi😊

💛 Ina: 10am -3:30pm, 31 Kohitātea
💛 Kei hea: Oyster Catcher Room, Arataki community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mauao

Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

You think you know your alcohol? Are you a scholar of sauce? A booze boffin? Take our quiz and see if you really know your stuff about alcohol.

Hi friends! It's quiz time 🎉🎉🎉

Are you all-knowing about alchohol? A booze boffin? Professor of piss-ups? Do you really know your stuff when it comes to alcohol?

Take the quiz, and let us know how you did in the comments 👇👇👇

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Hi Mount Maunganui friends! We've got a drug checking clinic happening this weekend, so come and say hi 😊

💛 When: 10am - 3:30pm, 31 January
💛 Where: The Oystercatcher Room, Arataki community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui.

Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛