Tag: Pill testing
Drug checking and an early warning network in Victoria could save lives: new coroner’s report
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This week the Coroners Court of Victoria released its findings into a cluster of five drug-related deaths across Melbourne between July 2016 and...
More Australians back legalising cannabis and 57% support pill testing, national survey shows
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A growing number of Australians support the legalisation of cannabis, while almost three in five back the idea of pill...
When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
If NSW takes on the coroner’s recommendations, it will be among
the most innovative and evidence-based states in Australia on drug policy.
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Testing festival goers’ pills isn’t the only way to reduce overdoses. Here’s what else works
Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to
receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?
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Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia
Pill testing is a rare opportunity to speak to drug users
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For many years experts in the field of...