Increasing the Accessibility of Drug Checking Services w/ PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago, Jai Whelan: 22 April, 2024

A University of Otago study assessing the harm reduction behaviours of people who consume MDMA and their use of reagent testing and KnowYourStuff's drug checking service, found most MDMA consumers engage in harm reduction practices relatively frequently.

News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, spoke to lead author of the study, PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago, Jai Whelan, about why it is important for drug-checking services to be accessible in Aotearoa.

She started off the interview by asking Whelan about what harms MDMA can cause and how to prevent it.