Pill Testing
Man Dies At Strawberry Fields Festival
Summer festival season is off to a tragic start 🙁
Party In The Paddock Have Submitted A Petition For Pill Testing To Be Trialled In Tasmania Next Year
“The more education that we can bring to this health issue at our festival, the better.”
NSW Police Commissioner Condemns Calls For Pill Testing In Official Statement
He’s concerned for the message it sends young people, despite his police force strip searching over 120 underage people in the past three years.
It Would Cost Just $3.8 Million For A Two Year Pill Testing Trial In Victoria
“We’ve got the research to back pill testing and now we know it’s affordable, so there’s no reason for the Government to continue dragging its feet.”
Gladys Berejiklian Still Says “No” To Pill Testing & Are We Really Shocked?
Despite scientists, experts and now a NSW coroner recommending it.
Pill Testing Australia Have Released The Findings From Their Second Pilot At Groovin The Moo 2019
“With two pill testing pilots conducted in Australia having provided the data … the onus really is on those who oppose pill testing to provide more than empty rhetoric to support their position.”
Victoria Could Have Pill Testing From Next Year, As Greens Push For Drug Reform
“Prohibition is a policy of rejection and of saying we don’t care about drug users. Pill testing shows we take their health seriously.”
Hobart City Council Throws Its Weight Behind Pill Testing At Festivals
“Preventable harm and mortality can be easily avoided by implementing pill testing.”
Almost 80% Of Aussie Festival-Goers Have Taken MDMA In The Past Year
An inquiry into festival deaths revealed the results.
Submissions To NSW Inquiry Show Literally Everyone Thinks The Government’s Music Festival Rules Are Cooked, Except The Government
There’s only one submission in favour of the laws & guess who it’s from
Woman tells festival inquest that security threatened “nice and slow” strip search
The woman attended Knockout Circuz, where Nathan Tran died in 2017.
FOMO Festival Teen Died After Panic-Swallowing Three Caps When She Saw Police, Inquest Hears
“[Her] risky behaviours were driven by fear of police”
Eventbrite report finds 77% of Aussies support pill testing
Over 1,000 gig-goers were surveyed.
Six Hospitalised Following Suspected Drug Overdoses At Sydney Dance Festival
There’s also been a bunch of people charged for possessing & supplying drugs
Second Pill Testing Trial At Groovin The Moo Canberra An “Overwhelming Success”
Someone show this to Berejiklian, please.
NSW Festivalgoer Sparks Internal Police Review After Facebook Post About Being Strip Searched Goes Viral
The 19-year-old claims she was booted from the event & handed a six month ban despite police finding no drugs or alcohol on her
NSW Government Reveals List Of Festivals That Have Been Deemed ‘High Risk’
It includes a festival that hasn’t even had its first instalment yet.
