Rabbits Eat Lettuce is the first multi-day festival in Australia to have pill testing. How will it work? Mar 27, 2024Five thousand partygoers will have the opportunity to get their illicit drugs tested for purity at the iconic “bush doof” Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival that begins on Thursday on Queensland’s Southern Downs. Pill Testing Australia’s David Caldicott says drug behaviours change depending on how long the party goes for.
Queensland to introduce pill testing at Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival, where two people died in 2019 Mar 19, 2024Pill Testing Australia executive officer Stephanie Tzanetis said drug checking was “very much something that the community wants”. She said Pill Testing Australia was excited to begin expanding more testing sites across music festivals.
Coroners plead for a drug testing trial Mar 14, 2024 In January, Ms Allan said she had sought that advice after at least 10 people were taken to hospital following suspected drug use at festivals. “There are no current plans to change the policy setting on drug checking,” she said at the time. Harm Reduction Australia and Pill Testing Australia in November announced they formally offered to host a public health based pill testing trial at a festival of the government’s choice at no cost to the state.
Canberra pill-testing service finds methamphetamine in counterfeit diet pill Mar 13, 2024CanTEST Coordinator Steph Tzanetis told ABC Radio Canberra this particular drug had been purchased from “the clear net, not the dark web”. She said taking the potent drug, methamphetamine, could have resulted in the person experiencing a stimulant overdose. “So the signs and symptoms relating to a stimulant overdose can include things like overheating, a person could experience confusion, agitation,” Ms Tzanetis said.
Renewed calls for pill testing at festivals and clubs Mar 12, 2024Stephanie Tzanetis is coordinator for Directions Health at CanTEST, the A-C-T’s fixed site pill testing service. She’s also the Executive Officer at Pill Testing Australia, which provided Australia’s first on-site music festival pill testing at Groovin the Moo in 2018. She says results from the first six months of the ACT trials, which were independently evaluated by the Australian National University, show drug testing significantly reduces, but doesn’t remove all drug harms.