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Drug testing in Canberra reveals three recreational substances not previously seen in Australia | Australia news

Drug testing in Canberra has uncovered three new recreational drugs, including one similar to the potentially fatal “bath salts”.More than half of the drugs tested at the CanTEST fixed-site facility were not what the user was expecting, and some were drugs not previously seen in Australia.Three new psychoactive substances – or synthetic drugs mimicking existing ones, such as cocaine, heroin or MDMA – were brought into CanTEST, where on-site testing […]

todayJanuary 15, 2024 3

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NSW pill testing bill support booms as Greens prepare to present this week

The Greens are trying to pressure parliament to debate their bill for a pill-testing trial following the death of two men at a music festival in Sydney last month.Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann will present her drug checking bill for a second reading. It would allow organisations – including festival organisers – to apply for one of three mobile licences, and one fixed site licence, to conduct pill testing.NSW Greens MP […]

todayOctober 14, 2023 3

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Sydney music festival deaths renew push for pill testing ahead of ‘very dangerous’ summer

Pressure is mounting on the NSW government to start pill testing after two men died on the opening weekend of the summer music festival season.The two men in their twenties died after leaving the Knockout Outdoor festival at Sydney Showground on Saturday and police are waiting for autopsy reports, with speculation the men died after taking illicit drugs.Premier Chris Minns has previously resisted calls for pill testing at music festivals, […]

todayOctober 2, 2023 16

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Ray Hadley comes out in favour of pill testing at music festivals – arguing that it works: ‘What happens if young people die?’

Radio presenter Ray Hadley has come out strongly in favour of pill testing of drugs at music festivals to see what substances they contain, warning revellers will die without it. On Monday, a contingent of 20 drug safety advocates in the medical, legal and welfare fields petitioned NSW Premier Chris Minns to trial drug-checking services during this summer's festival season. In 2019, the NSW coroner Harriet Grahame called for the introduction of pill testing […]

todaySeptember 12, 2023 9

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Victorian coroner calls for pill testing at music festivals

The mother of a man who died after a drug overdose decades ago has backed calls from a Victorian coroner to introduce pill testing at music festivals.Coroner Judge John Cain has today released his findings recommending the state government implement pill testing following the death of a 26-year-old IT worker.The man took a 'Blue Punisher' pill while with friends at Karnival Music Festival in Flemington in March last year.Coroner Judge […]

todaySeptember 6, 2023 3

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UBC prototype drug testing robot headed to Shambhala Music Festival for test run – BC News

Casey Richardson UBC researchers are field testing a prototype robot that could change the future of drug testing at the Shambhala Music Festival in the Kootenays this weekend. Associate Professor Jason Hein said one year ago, his graduate student Sarah Guzman joined the lab and identified a need for quicker, more accessible drug testing. With a background from Health Canada and a lab set up for automation for chemistry, Guzman […]

todayJuly 22, 2023 2

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