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Canberra’s Free Pill-Testing Service Shows Most Ket Isn’t Ket
Read more: Canberra’s Free Pill-Testing Service Shows Most Ket Isn’t KetCanberra’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
We’ve detected a potent opioid in Canberra. Here’s what we know about it
Read more: We’ve detected a potent opioid in Canberra. Here’s what we know about itAustralia’s first government-sanctioned drug-checking service CanTEST has issued its inaugural ‘red alert’, the highest level of warning, following the detection of metonitazene in a yellow pill masquerading as the pharmaceutical drug oxycodone. We should be very worried about this drug’s emergence in Australia. Read the ANU Reporter article
An Australian First – Fixed Site Pill Testing Announced
Read more: An Australian First – Fixed Site Pill Testing AnnouncedPill Testing Australia (PTA) and Harm Reduction Australia (HRA) are pleased to advise that approval has been given by the ACT Government to pilot Australia’s first ever fixed site pill testing service. The approval was announced in last night’s ACT Government’s Budget and includes funding for this vital public health service to proceed. Discussions with…
Pill Testing Australia shares new advert after NSW Deputy Coroner’s recommendations!
Read more: Pill Testing Australia shares new advert after NSW Deputy Coroner’s recommendations!Given the recent recommendations by the NSW Deputy Coroner, Pill Testing Australia have shared a short video which highlights the harm caused by preventing young people from having knowledge about the content of their drugs. The one-minute piece produced by Sydney based Andrew McWilliam is titled “Don’t Leave Young People in the Dark” and shows…
Pill Testing Australia launches advert to promote harm reduction strategy!
Read more: Pill Testing Australia launches advert to promote harm reduction strategy!After releasing a detailed operational report on the second Australian pill testing pilot conducted at Groovin The Moo in April, Pill Testing Australia has launched an advert to support and drive conversation around pill testing at festivals. The advert, directed byDylan Harrison from Hooligan Collective, shows a young man hesitating at the top of a cliff…
Media Release – Pill Testing Australia releases detailed report from second pilot conducted at Groovin The Moo!
Read more: Media Release – Pill Testing Australia releases detailed report from second pilot conducted at Groovin The Moo!Pill Testing Australia have released a detailed operational report on the second Australian pill testing pilot conducted at Groovin The Moo in April and are calling on state governments to support their service Australia wide. The report shows that the free service for consumers tested 170 substances for 234 participants, twice the number tests conducted…
