Clonazolam found in counterfeit ‘Xanax’ pill28 Feb 2025ACTBenzodiazepines DepressantsA white pressed pill (‘Xanax’ bar with XANAX press) expected to contain alprazolam. The pill was found to contain clonazolam instead. What is clonazolam? It’s a novel benzodiazepine, or ‘Benzo’. Benzos are typically used to sedate and treat anxiety. Clonazolam has a strong sedative effect, known for its high potency. Effects of benzos can include drowsiness, dizziness, memory loss andRead notification
Multiple high dose MDMA pills18 Dec 2024ACTEmpathogens MDMA/EcstasyCanTEST have detected multiple high dose MDMA pills that were brought for testing. While the detected and expected contents were the same (MDMA), the purity of these was significantly more than a “common dose”. It’s a reminder that the amount of MDMA in every tablet and capsule may vary a lot, even if they are from the same batch, supplierRead notification
Protonitazene found in ‘oxycodone’ pill13 Dec 2024ACTNitazenes Opioids OxycodoneProtonitazene found in ‘oxycodone’ pill. A red/pink bear press pill with a ‘Y’ on front and back that was expected to contain oxycodone, was instead found to contain the novel synthetic opioid, protonitazene. No oxycodone was detected Protonitazene is significantly stronger than fentanyl. The sample was acquired from the dark web (vendor name not disclosed). This is the fourth nitazene-relatedRead notification
Cocaine found in heroin sample8 Nov 2024ACTCocaine Heroin Opioids StimulantsAn off-white clumpy powder expected to be heroin was found to be a near-equal mix of heroin and cocaine. What does this mean? While the expectation was heroin, we note that NSW Health released a public drug warning on 13 Sep, ‘Four heroin overdoses following use of cocaine’, and this sample’s packaging is (arguably) more common for cocaine rather thanRead notification
Multiple high dose MDMA pills17 Oct 2024ACTEmpathogens MDMA/EcstasyDetected 20 September 2024 Pink pill: pioneer compact disk jockey press Detected 27 September 2024 Grey pill: Rick (of Rick & Morty) press Detected 20 September 2024 Blue pill: punisher press Detected 10 October 2024 Purple pill: Dom Perignon press What does this mean? A common dose of MDMA is between 80-120mg. This means the amount of MDMA in theseRead notification
Drug cocktail ‘TUSI’ found in ‘2C-B’ sample15 May 2023ACT2C-B Cocaine Dissociatives Empathogens Ketamine MDMA/Ecstasy Psychedelics StimulantsA pink powder sample purchased as psychedelic 2C-B found to contain a combination of other stimulant and dissociative drugs, including ketamine, MDMA and cocaine. What is tusi or pink cocaine? Known as ‘tusbee’, ‘tusi’ or ‘pink cocaine’ and known for it’s distinctive colouring, it contains a combination of drugs, often stimulants, empathogens and dissociative but sometimes opioids. Tusi (pronounced ‘2C’) was namedRead notification