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Drug alert for high dose ‘Gucci’ MDMA tablets

28th September, 2023

Our Forensic & Analytical Science Service (FASS) has played a key role in alerting the community to the dangers posed by high dose MDMA tablets, r...

Nitazene drug warnings prompt action from TGA

25th September, 2023

The work of NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic & Analytical Science Service laboratories has been recognised by Australia’s health watchdog, as i...

Warning of potent opioid drug found in powder on NSW Central Coast

16th May, 2023

Health authorities are warning a potent opioid, isotonitazene, has been detected in drugs in a yellow powder form on the NSW Central Coast. The drug m...

What’s inside that vape?

4th May, 2023

We hear a lot about the dangers of vaping, but what’s actually inside them? NSW Health Pathology’s Clinical and Environmental Toxicology laborator...

Providing NSW Drug Courts with fast, accurate urine testing

1st May, 2023

The NSW Health Pathology Drug Toxicology Unit has been crucial to the success of the state’s Drug Court, which recently expanded its operations with...

Drug alert: High dose MDMA tablets in circulation

17th April, 2023

NSW Health is warning the community about high dose MDMA tablets which have been found to contain twice the dose of MDMA usually found in so-called �...

MDMA use at music festival linked to hospital admissions

24th February, 2023

NSW Health has alerted the public to the risks of MDMA (ecstasy) use, after several people were hospitalised after attending a Sydney music festival. ...

Forensic science contributes to national recall of poppy seeds

12th January, 2023

The Forensic Toxicology team at NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic and Analytical Science Service (FASS) played an important role in discovering why co...