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ACT government considers direct funding for pill testing after deadly drugs uncovered
The ACT government says it will consider directly funding pill testing, after seven potentially deadly drugs were detected at Sunday’s Groovin the Moo music festival at Exhibition Park. Around 234 festivalgoers out of the 24,000-strong crowd took part in the last free drug checking trial in the ACT on the weekend. […]
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The Results Of Australia’s Second Ever Pill Testing Trial Are In
Speaking to Sunrise this morning, pill testing advocate Dr David Caldicott said he was pleased with the results, which indicated that festival-goers desperately want more information on what they’re consuming. “There was no hesitation for binning the more dangerous products,” he said. “One thing that should be emphasised is that when they were told about the potential hazards, many were…
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Second pill-testing trial at Groovin the Moo hailed a success as partygoers dump dangerous drugs
More than 230 festival-goers were reported to have used the pill-testing service, with seven substances found to contain the potentially lethal n-ethylpentylone. All but one of those who were told their drugs contained the dangerous substance dumped them in amnesty bins provided by the pill-testing service, while one person said they planned to dump it. […]
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Take a look inside Groovin the Moo’s pill-testing facility
Representatives from Queensland Health, the New South Wales Coroner’s Office, New South Wales Special Commission of Inquiry into Ice usage and a group of Victorian crossbenchers were among the visitors at the pill-testing facility on Saturday afternoon. The ACT is currently the only jurisdiction in Australia to allow pill-testing. […]
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World-first in Canberra pill testing trial at Groovin the Moo music festival
Emergency doctor and pill testing advocate David Caldicott said the machine answered a lot of the questions and criticisms levelled at pill testing in Australia. Dr Caldicott said it was the first time such a machine had been used in a festival environment to test drugs. […]
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Australia’s second-ever pill testing trial given green light
Pill testing will be given its second-ever trial at this weekend’s Groovin The Moo festival in Canberra. The green light for testing was given by the ACT Government to the regional touring event — the same festival which hosted the first trial. […]
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Everything you need to know about pill testing at Groovin the Moo Canberra
While thousands of music lovers will descend on Exhibition Park on Sunday for the Canberra leg of Groovin the Moo, the eyes of the nation will be on the festival for a different reason. Doctors, chemists and counsellors will be on site carrying out the second legal pill testing trial in Australia, the results of which could help change drug…
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Festival pill-test trial gets go-ahead
The second pill-testing trial in Australia will go ahead at a Canberra music festival this weekend. Organisers of Groovin The Moo Festival have given party¬goers the green light to test their drugs on Sunday, a move supported by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. The trial will be run by Pill Testing Australia, which has covered the cost of indemnity insurance…
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Retired AFP commissioner argues for decriminalisation of drugs for personal use
“Despite our best endeavours over many years, drugs are as readily available now as they have ever been,” former Commissioner Palmer wrote in a submission to the inquiry. “The market is totally unregulated and controlled by organised crime figures and drug trafficking criminals who make huge profits, pay no tax and who follow no rules other than their own. […]
