New Zealand to enshrine protections for pill testing in ‘world first’

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.