Canberra’s free and confidential pill-testing service — the only one of its kind in Australia — has been so popular it has been extended beyond an initial six-month trial to at least 12 month. Read the Vice article.
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- National Harm Reduction Forum July 24, 2024
- Drug checkers get a funding boost June 19, 2024
- Pill-testing plan to stop ‘horror’ of teenagers overdosing: Premier June 16, 2024
- Pill testing is said to slash the number of overdoses June 14, 2024
- Illegal ketamine use is at a record high, and dangerous chemical cousins are entering the market June 7, 2024
- Canberra pill testing service CanTEST issues red alert after finding synthetic opioid May 20, 2024
- Yellow powder sold as DMT contains potent synthetic cannabinoid – DIANZ May 6, 2024
- Pill testing ‘essential’ for saving lives April 28, 2024
- NSW Health issues public health warning after cluster of opioid overdoses in Sydney April 24, 2024
- Experts warn of influx of synthetic opioids amid calls for second Melbourne injecting room April 22, 2024
- Queensland opens first permanent pill testing service as experts warn drugs are becoming ‘more and more risky’ April 19, 2024
- QLD – State first success April 11, 2024
- Queensland’s first festival pill-testing service finds ‘Canberra ketamine’ sold as MDMA April 3, 2024
- Media Release – first drug checking at a multi-day festival: Pill Testing Australia at Rabbits Eat Lettuce QLD April 3, 2024
- Media Release from the Honourable Shannon Fentiman – QLD Minister for Health April 3, 2024
- 7NEWS takes you inside Queensland’s first illicit drug testing tent March 29, 2024
- Rabbits Eat Lettuce is the first multi-day festival in Australia to have pill testing. How will it work? March 27, 2024
- Queensland to introduce pill testing at Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival, where two people died in 2019 March 19, 2024
- Coroners plead for a drug testing trial March 14, 2024
- Canberra pill-testing service finds methamphetamine in counterfeit diet pill March 13, 2024
- Renewed calls for pill testing at festivals and clubs March 12, 2024
- Fresh calls for pill-testing after suspected drug overdose death at Victorian music festival March 11, 2024
- NSW Health warns of opioid risk after people took heroin thinking it was cocaine or methamphetamine February 23, 2024
- Emergency departments report spike in hospital admissions linked to illicit drug GHB or fantasy February 21, 2024
- New drugs mean more risk of overdose. Experts say we need more pill testing now February 20, 2024
- No way for Sydneysiders to test the secret threats in drugs that could send them to the hospital February 4, 2024
- How much a pill-testing trial would cost Victoria February 4, 2024
- Public health warning: tablets sold as MDMA (Ecstasy) found to contain a potent opioid January 30, 2024
- The state government must take this golden opportunity on pill testing January 19, 2024
- ‘We have this conversation every summer’: The cost of MDMA overdoses January 19, 2024
- Canberra chemists identify three new recreational drugs after mystery substances turn up at Australia’s only fixed pill-testing site January 19, 2024
- Dozens of drug deaths at music festivals potentially preventable, study finds January 19, 2024
- How does Victoria’s stance on pill testing shape up against the rest of Australia? Here’s what you need to know January 19, 2024
- NSW’s Pill-Testing Stance A Risk As Festival Season Rages On January 2, 2024
- ‘We’ve saved lives’ – NZ Drug checking service marks two years December 31, 2023
- Report shows MDMA involved in most drug-related music festival deaths | ABC News December 21, 2023
- I was grateful my kids could get their pills tested, if they had any December 19, 2023
- Four people hospitalised due to ‘drug issues’ after attending Western Sydney dance music festival December 10, 2023
- Drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals December 8, 2023
- Harm Reduction Journal Publication on Pill Testing in Australia December 4, 2023
- Greens introduce Pill Testing Bill in NSW Upper House November 30, 2023
- Crossbench teams up on pill testing trial, as government says it’s open to cannabis discussion November 30, 2023
- Pill testing to go ahead on-site at Spilt Milk festival in Canberra November 27, 2023
- KnowYourStuffNZ Celebrates Two Years Of Legality November 22, 2023
- Experts Have Renewed Calls To Legalise Pill Testing: Here’s How It Works & Where Things Are At November 16, 2023
- Correspondence to Victorian Premier re Pill Testing November 14, 2023
- NSW police sniffer dogs incorrectly detect drugs on patrons despite costing taxpayers $46m over past decade November 8, 2023
- Urgent warning reignites calls to fix serious problem affecting young Aussies November 5, 2023
- Debbie’s son overdosed. She thinks this state’s push for drug testing is a ‘no brainer’ October 23, 2023
- Novel drugs are leading to rising overdose deaths in Victoria – drug checking services could help October 23, 2023