All about getting drugs tested: why, where, which and how?

It used to be that Dutch people could get excellent coke and heroin from the government. And currently, legal weed from the state is finally being officially experimented with. But as far as all other types of drugs are concerned, you are currently up to illegal dealers. You just have no idea then what the quality of what you buy at that festival, in an alley or via whatsapp is. Fortunately, you can test your purchased drugs!

Drug use is never without risk, of course. But it becomes a whole lot safer when you know if your substances are pure and not mixed or adulterated with harmful substances. Especially in America, adulterated drugs are a huge problem. This is mainly because of the highly addictive drug Fentanyl, which people overdose on very quickly. Other drugs are adulterated with it, with all the risks that entails. Many Americans have already met their end in such a dastardly manner. It is hard to imagine that it happens in the Netherlands, but here too our drugs are being adulterated with junk. And that while the drugs produced here, such as XTC, are already very cheap to make… Yet it regularly happens that risky XTC pills are in circulation. These contain not only MDMA, but also other substances. Such as trip aids or additional uppers. This makes the effect different or much stronger. Exactly what you don’t want, and risky too.

And even if you have a “reliable” dealer you’ve been buying good drugs from for years, you simply never know for sure what’s in them.

Here’s where you test your drugs in the Netherlands

Getting your drugs tested for purity and safety can be done in several ways. The Trimbo Institute is a good option if you have patience. They have a separate department that does this for you: DIMS, short for Drug Information and Monitoring System. This way you know if you bought junk or can enjoy your party carefree. For the Trimbos Institute, it’s a good way to keep an eye on whether there are a lot of contaminated drugs in circulation. And that in turn is valuable information for you as a user, because they sound the alarm when they spot striking and dangerous trends. Tip: with the app Red Alert you are immediately notified when dangerous drugs are in circulation.

If you live in the Randstad (the Netherlands), you can also have your drugs tested by various locations of Jellinek. The test service of Jellinek is completely anonymous and costs you 2.50 per sample.

Do you find it too exciting or too much of a hassle to get your drugs tested out of house? Or have too little time to wait for the results? Then a drug test kit is the way to go. You order these online and then you can test the drugs at home. The great thing is that you get the results immediately. So you can enjoy your safe substances right away, so to speak!

What tests for drugs are there?

Many different tests for drugs are available with us. Convenient, because there are also just a lot of types of drugs these days. These test kits we have for you:

• LSD test: test if you really bought LSD and how strong it is
• Cannabis: test the CBD/THC content
• MDMA or Ecstasy EZ Test: check whether your pill really consists of XTC, or is for example mixed with Opiates
• Mushrooms and truffles: test the psilocybin content
• Ketamine EZ Test: identify drugs such as keta, MDMA, speed and PMMA
• Cocaine EZ Test: check your coke for adulterants
• Cocaine Purity Test: find out how pure your coke is
• GHB Test: shows purity and quality of your ‘g’
• Bath Salts test kit: for the detection of mephedrone, methylone and MDPV
• Benzos: test for benzodiazepines
• Weed: test your cannabis for synthetic additives.