Research shows that most people don’t know what’s in the drugs they consume. We took some drug testing kits to a dance music festival to find out. […]

It takes courage to pursue drug law reform in Australia and most politicians are locked into non-evidence based populisms. […]

The government is proving woefully unprepared to help the flood of users pledging to kick their habits, leaving almost all of them to battle addiction largely on their own. The country’s meager drug treatment facilities have been overwhelmed, creating a new crisis for Mr. Duterte as he presses ahead with his violent campaign to rid the nation of drug dealers.…

The Catholic church, human rights groups and even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have criticised Duterte for his apparent support of extrajudicial killings. Critics have also charged that the police are mainly killing poor people in the slums while wealthy and influential suspects have been spared. […]

Unharm’s Will Tregoning hinted to Triple J’s Hack program this week that pill testing advocates may throw caution to the wind and begin unofficially testing pills at music festivals this summer, most likely in the ACT where he says police are more receptive to the idea than some other states. When pressed on this idea by HuffPost Australia, he again…

The substance will remain strictly controlled – with only those prescribed the drug allowed to take it – following the landmark decision by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. […]

Ultimately, though, this all still has to happen with the co-operation of the state governments, who aren’t exactly super into the idea — so, yeah, we wouldn’t break out the party streamers just yet. […]

Long-brewing after a major grass-roots campaign, the use of the drug for medicinal purposes will be allowed beginning in November but will also be “strictly controlled,” according to the Canberra Times. […]

“Our cemeteries are full of kids who are dead because we didn’t have the guts to do something that’s quite simple,” he says. “It’s the war that’s the killer.” […]

Anti-prohibition activist Will Tregoning says drug testing will be in force at a Canberra event this year, bringing Australia into line with “at least 10” other countries. […]