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Learn more about some of the most commonly used drugs affecting Australians right now.
Read the latest warnings for illicit drugs circulating in NSW linked to serious harm and illness. If you feel unwell, get help fast
bhang, bud, choof, dope, ganja, grass, hash, hashish, hemp, home grown, hydro, kif, marijuana, mary jane, mull, oobie, pot, resin, skunk, wacky weed, weed, yarndi, zero
Starting in March 2025, NSW Health, in partnership with NUAA, is launching a 12-month drug checking trial at select music festivals around the state.
acid, blotter, cid, cubes, liberty caps, liberties, lsd, magic mushrooms, mushrooms, microdot, sacred mushrooms, shrooms, tabs, trips, zen
booze, drink, goon, juice, liquor, piss, sauce, grog
caps, molly, adam, ck, disco biscuit, e, ecstasy, eccy, pills, pingas, scooby snacks, x, xtc
amphetamine, base, crank, crystal, crystal meth, eye openers, glass, go-ee, ice, meth, oxblood, paste, rev, ritalin, shabu, speed, tweak, uppers, wax, whiz, zest
cigarettes, ciggies, fags, rollies, smokes, tabs
blow, charlie, coke, cola, crack, dust, freebase, llello, nose candy, snow, toot, white
dragon, gear, h, hammer, harry, horse, junk, opioids, opium, skag, smack
fentanyl, codeine, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, biodone, physeptone, hydromorphone, jurnista, buprenorphine
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