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Cocaine, MDMA or weed all might be the types of drugs that spring to mind when people think about people getting their substances checked.
But steroids and other performance or image enhancing drugs - known as PIEDs - are becoming more common in drug checking clinics.
KnowYourStuff and the New Zealand Needle Exchange programme say the amount of people bringing in steroids and similar drugs has jumped in the past two years.
Users are buying substances online through websites and on social media and Netsafe said it's a growing problem and is now on their radar.
Casey Spearin from drug checking service KnowYo
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