Pill testing at Australian festival ‘this summer’
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
News By IQ | 31 August 2016
A harm-reduction advocate has said there will be pill testing at an Australian music festival this summer, despite no government body or police force having given their backing to the scheme.
In an interview with Triple J’s Hack radio programme, Unharm founder Will Tregoning said he believes “we will see drug checking or pill testing in Australia this year”, probably “in the ACT” (Australian Capital Territory, the region that includes capital city Canberra). Tregoning, along with Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation president Alex Wodak and Canberran doctor David…
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