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The Bunk Police are a roving drug-testing organisation run by Adam Auctor (not his real name.) They travel to festivals throughout America, interviewing and capturing punters drug tests to check the purity of their good-time meds.

Sounds like a pretty fine festival addition to me.

But (obviously) here’s the catch: although the kits are completely legal, The Bunk Police are forced to smuggle them into festivals. Promoters are against the idea because the appearance of a drug-testing kit implies that illegal substances are indeed being brought into the festival.

The denial rule is due to the aptly named Reducing American’s Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE), which pretty much states that music promoters are liable for any illegal substances.

The Bunk Police have actually had a one-hour documentary, ‘What’s In My Baggie?’ produced by Norways Velcrux Collective. It’s an educational, confronting and at-times horrifying look at how what you’re buying, might not be what you think you’re buying – and the guys who are trying to help you figure that out. You’ll hear about fatalities related to tainted drugs and about the legal and political struggles facing the drug testing crew.

All in all, the moral of the story is: be safe, kids.

Purchase kits off Amazon or the Bunk Police website for $15 US shipped to Australia in the next few days.