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Update on drug checking – Temporary focus on “XTC” pills
As we have recently found substances that are potentially particularly harmful to health (such as PMMA or NEP) in fake ecstasy pills on several occasions, we will be temporarily suspending our drug-checking service…
Warning! Ecstasy containing Para-methoxymethamphetamine
Between the end of July and the beginning of August, we identified Para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) in three pills sold as ecstasy. These pills are currently circulating in Vienna and look similar to one another, with…
Drug Checking in Austria – Trends & Developments 2025
English version below The five drug-testing centres in Austria have joined forces to present you with a comparative analysis of selected substances. Cocaine, amphetamine and MDMA…
Warning! Ecstasy containing para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA)
Warning! Fake ecstasy containing PMMA & NEP Over the last few days, we at checkit! have found unexpected ingredients in ecstasy tablets. These included the substances PMMA and NEP. The…
Warning! Nitazenes in a heroin sample
On 20 April 2026, we detected a high content of diacetylmorphine (heroin) and two as yet unidentified nitrazenes in a sample submitted as heroin. The sample was analysed in...
Drug checking and counselling also available at the U4 Center!
The renovation work has been completed and you can now also use drug checking and counselling without an appointment at our second location in the 12th district from 20 April 2026. The „checkit!...