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What’s in the drugs that are being tested at Australia’s first fixed-site pill testing clinic in the ACT?
A total of 500 samples have been tested at CanTEST in Canberra’s CBD since it opened in July as a drug-harm minimisation bid from the ACT government. […]
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World Pride 2023 & Pill Testing
HRA Letter to NSW Premier to approve Pill Testing Australia request to provide pill testing services at World Pride 2023 events in Sydney Letter-to-NSW-Premier-re-World-Pride-Pill-Testing-Dec-2022Download […]
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Decriminalising cannabis could save Australian taxpayers $850m a year, report finds
New public health research says Australia’s prohibition approach to marijuana is not keeping pace with global best practice cannabis policy […]
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Demand so high for Canberra’s pill-testing service that 27 people were turned away ahead of Spilt Milk music festival
CanTEST extended its trading hours prior to the music festival Spilt Milk but still couldn’t meet demand […]
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The ACT legislated to decriminalise possession of personal quantities of illicit drugs
By the time the ACT Legislative Assembly passed legislation on 20 October 2022 to commence the decriminalisation of personal quantities of all illicit drugs in October 2023, drug law reform was already well on its way around the world. […]
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Sydneysiders declare city’s night-life is dead after sniffer dog video goes viral
Angry punters have declared that Sydney’s “night-life is dead”, after police were seen disturbing customers at a pub over the weekend. […]
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ACT decriminalises drug possession: Labor MP Michael Pettersson on forging reform
That the century-old system of drug prohibition is a failure is well-established in legal circles, amongst medical experts, those who partake in illicit substances, families who’ve lost loved ones to the use of them, and a growing cross section of the community. […]
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NSW government criticised in court over defence to music festival strip-searches
The government’s claim that strip-searches at music festivals could be reasonable – even if a judge finds they were unlawful – has been criticised in court as illogical. […]
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Australia’s first fixed pill testing service CanTEST discovers new drug, dubbed ‘CanKet’
Australia’s first fixed pill testing site has discovered a new recreational drug not seen in the country before. […]