Advocates say the law, which will come into force next week, is the first to take drug checking out of a legal grey zone and protect the practice

New Zealand has enshrined protections for drug checking in law, in what advocates say is a world first.

The country’s new law to protect pill testing – where organisations chemically test illicit drugs to monitor for dangerous contaminants – has been voted in by the government, and is expected to pass into law next week.

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