Response to ‘Drug checking services increase the intention to use drugs in some (small) subgroups of music festival attendees’

Authors/Creators

Sherri Murphy, Edith Cowan University
Stephen J. Bright, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Greg Dear

Abstract

We agree with Calle's [1] analysis that onsite pill testing could lead to an increase in the use of some drugs among a small subgroup of the population and that further research should be conducted to better understand the impacts of pill testing on people's behaviour. However, we do not believe that the data we published [2] supports Calle's assertion that onsite pill testing has a negative impact on this hypothetical subgroup of the population.

Document Type

Response or Comment

Date of Publication

7-1-2022

Volume

41

Issue

5

PubMed ID

35263476

School

School of Arts and Humanities / School of Medical and Health Sciences

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Wiley

Comments

Calle, P. (2022). Drug checking services increase the intention to use drugs in some (small) subgroups of music festival attendees. Drug and alcohol review, 41(5), 1256-1257. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13461

Recommended Citation

Murphy, S., Bright, S. J., & Dear, G. (2022). Response to ‘Drug checking services increase the intention to use drugs in some (small) subgroups of music festival attendees’. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13461