Pill Testing

The Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW) has shared data from its 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey and it shows that Australians are warming up to pill testing. It’s been a controversial conversation in Australia for more than a hot minute now. The survey questioned 22,274 Australians on their habits and thoughts around […]

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has maintained her view on pill testing, despite yet another drug-related death at Strawberry Fields over the weekend. ICYMI, a 24 year old man was brought to the medical tent of Strawberry Fields festival in Victoria, after reportedly ingesting cocaine, MDMA and GHB. The NSW Premier was questioned about whether she’d […]

Tragedy has struck at Strawberry Fields, with a man dying following a suspected drug overdose at the three-day EDM festival in the NSW town of Tocumwal. As SMH reports, a 24-year-old Victorian man was brought to the medical tent around 12:45am this morning after ingesting a cocktail of cocaine, MDMA and GHB. He suffered a […]

Party in the Paddock have long been vocal supporters of pill testing – now the Tasmanian festival is turning their words into action. With the support of Tasmanian Greens, festival organisers have submitted a petition to parliament calling for pill testing to be trialled in Tasmania at their festival next year. The festival, which will […]

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has today released a statement saying that he officially condemns pill testing and wants the public to remain wary of the “message” that the growing calls for the procedure sends to young people. Interesting to see that Fuller is concerned about young people, given that his police force strip searched […]

A two-year pill testing trial proposed by the Victorian Greens would cost under $4 million total, saving on the costs associated with drug-related admissions to emergency departments. Back in August, we reported on the Victorian Greens’ push for a pill testing trial in the state next year, urging Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew to reconsider his stance […]

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian remains wilfully ignorant of all evidence and advice, as she doubles down on her strong stance against pill testing. Following leaked advice from a NSW coroner yesterday that recommended pill testing as a method to reduce drug-induced deaths at music festivals, Berejiklian is remaining firm in her anti pill testing stance. […]

It looks a hell of a lot like the NSW Coroner is about to throw her weight behind pill testing at music festivals. The Daily Telegraph has managed to get its hands on a draft set of recommendations from the recent coronial inquest into drug-related deaths at NSW music festivals over the summer of 2017 and […]

After deeming it an “overwhelming success”, Pill Testing Australia have released a detailed report which illustrates their findings conducted at the second pill testing trial at Groovin The Moo in Canberra back in April, which aimed to “provide a health service to reduce the harms associated with drugs and to broadly diminish the health, social […]

The Victorian Greens Party are set to introduce a bill to parliament that would see a pill testing pilot program launch in the state from the start of 2020, urging Victorian premier Daniel Andrews to reconsider his stance on a testing trial. If successful, the program will establish a two year trial which will offer […]


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