Pill Testing

RACGP urges Victorian government to implement pill testing trial

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged the Victorian Government to implement a pill testing trial. This comes in response to recent recommendations and an increase in illicit drug overdoses. Many states in Australia such as Queensland have announced mobile pill testing as well as ACT implementing pill testing across music festivals …

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CanTEST Drug Testing Finds Unknown Substances

The CanTEST Drug Testing facility in Canberra has recently identified three new substances, classified as “Unknown Unknown.” These substances bear similarities to commonly known recreational drugs, such as MDMA (ecstasy), a stimulant and popular party drug; Ketamine, typically used in hospitals as a non-dissociative anesthetic; and a novel stimulant related to the drug commonly known …

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Push for Pill Testing to be Introduced Nationwide

The push for drug-checking services has once again featured in headlines across Australia recently after the tragic deaths of two festivalgoers at Sydney’s Knockout festival in late September. Pill testing has returned promising results as a harm reduction strategy in trial settings in Australia and overseas, and advocates are calling on politicians to consider moving …

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