Pill testing at music festivals: can we do more harm?Background: Medicinal cannabis is prescribed under the provision of a controlled drug in the Australian Poisons Standard. However, multiple laws must be navigated in order for patients to obtain access and imported products can be expensive. ...
Victoria Green-Lights Pill Testing At Festivals Victoria becomes the third Australian state to green-light the testing of pills at music festivals. There’ll be a AU$4 million ($2.69 million) trial of a mobile site visiting ten festivals over the next two summers to identify th...
with a significant unknown component. the unknown component at 2.253 minutes is likely to have a different uv molar absorptivity to that of ketamine and presents a meaningless quantified amount. figure 5. example sample analysis reports of unknown samples presented for pill testin...
Similarly, when users access testing sites (e.g. at festivals), it allows health and support workers to establish contact with this hard-to-reach population and provide advice about the support available [34]. This is crucial as it is often the first interaction these young people have with...
[Barratt MJ, Bruno R, Ezard N, Ritter A. Pill testing or drug checking in Australia: Acceptability of service design features. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;00:000-000].doi:10.1111/dar.12576Barratt, Monica J.Bruno, RaimondoEzard, NadineRitter, Alison...
The paper, published inDrug and Alcohol Review, surveyed 247 people at a WA music festival on whether having their drugs checked by an on-site pill testing would give them the 'green light' to use ecstasy. One of the main arguments against pill-testing at music festivals is that it sends...
Such has been the success of the festival-based testing in Canberra, a fixed site is now on the cusp of opening, ensuring a service that functioned only atmusic festivals, and for the demographic groups that attend them, can now be extended to benefit a broader group of consumers over a ...
It provides a unique insight to the extensive efforts undertaken to achieving the first legally sanctioned pill testing at festivals in Australia and provides a positive case study for those seeking to introduce contested harm reduction services in the drug and alcohol field....
Music FestivalsWar on DrugsThe first official pill testing at an Australian music festival was conducted at Groovin' The Moo in Canberra on 29 April 2018. As the trial was the first of itByrne, SarahGock, AngelaCowling, AnneFaunce, Thomas Alured...
pill testingdrug checkingsocial attitudepolitical partyharm reductionIntroduction and Aims. Following several deaths due to drug overdoses at music festivals in Australia, pill testing (or drug checking) has been proposed as a means of reducing the risk to young people. However, pill testing is a...