Drug testing in Canberra reveals three recreational substances not previously seen in Australia

CanTEST facility also finds more than half of drugs tested were not what user expected, with ones similar to MDMA and potentially fatal ‘bath salts’

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Drug testing in Canberra has uncovered three new recreational drugs, including one similar to the potentially fatal “bath salts”.

More than half of the drugs tested at the CanTEST fixed-site facility were not what the user was expecting, and some were drugs not previously seen in Australia.

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