The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets. It forms part of Drug Trends. 

This bulletin aims to describe, amongst a convenience sample of people who regularly use MDMA/ecstasy and other illegal stimulants: 

1. Past year engagement in drug checking, including use of colorimetric reagent test kits (2019-2021); 
2. The sociodemographic, drug use, and other risk behavioural factors associated with use of colorimetric reagent test kits (2019-2021); and 
3. Opinions regarding the scope and accuracy of reagent testing kits (2021). 

This represents an update to our previous paper, which addressed similar aims (1 and 2) among a sample of people who regularly use MDMA/ecstasy and other illegal stimulants in 2019.

Resources

• Drug Checking Bulletin Final - 230622.pdf