March 31, 2023
Ellen Phiddian
Cosmos science journalist
Queensland has just become the second place in Australia to open staffed pill testing services, after Canberra.
But drug checking kits can be bought online – so why are authorities opening up doors for people to check illicit drugs? What’s the difference between a home testing kit, and a pill testing clinic?
And how does pill testing actually work, anyway?
In this episode of Huh? Science Explained, we delve into pill testing and drug checking: how it’s done, why it’s done, and what it might look like in the future.
Read more:
- How does pill testing work?
- Nine pill testing myths
- CanKet: how chemists found the mystery drug explained
Huh? Science Explained is a LiSTNR podcast.