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Engagement in drug checking ('pill testing') and behavioural responses by people who use drugs in Australia

Year: 2019

Type: report

Abstract: Drug checking ('pill testing') and behavioural responses among a sample of Australians who regularly use drugs The issuePeople who use illicit drugs engage in harm reduction strategies based on perceived substance contents [1] .With the exception of a drug checking service at a Canberra music festival [2] , personal testing kits (e.g., reagent tests) comprise the only local option for Australians who use illicit drugs to obtain objective information about these substances.Data collected in 2005 from people who used ecstasy showed that 22% had used testing kits on substances acquired as ecstasy [1] .There has been no recent update of these data nor study of drug checking among Australians who inject drugs.

Source: UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

DOI: 10.26190/5da4fbf1416b7

Authors: Peacock, Amy, Gibbs, Daisy, Barratt, Monica, Bruno, Raimondo, Sutherland, Rachel, Page, Robert, Uporova, Julia, Salom, Caroline, Hill, Penny, Dietze, Paul, Lenton, Simon, Degenhardt, Louisa, Ezard, Nadine

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Australian Government, University of New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

OpenAlex ID: W3103389359

Cites: 1

Cited by: 4

Related to: 20