Drug analysis service back on track

The illicit-substance analysis service run by the organisation Tryggere Ruspolitikk, billed as the first of its kind in Norway, is set to resume. It was shut down this summer due to lack of funding (NRK Oslo). On Monday, the Oslo municipality announced it would pay 750,000 NOK to maintain the activity. Funding is expected to be renewed next year (NRK Oslo).

"We are grateful and happy to be able to roll up our sleeves and try to relaunch a new offer," says Ina Spinnangr, the organisation's director general, to NRK Oslo.

The scheme allowed users to have illegal products analysed to learn their composition. The organisation calls the offer important and welcomes the municipality's contribution (NRK Oslo). The decision directly concerns Oslo county and its municipal budget.