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...
potentially change user behavior. 2,3 there have been increasing calls for pill testing at music festivals and other settings. 4,5 however, concerns have also been raised that the pill testing methods deployed to the festival environment are often qualitative in nature and cann...
consumption of more potent forms (i.e. MDMA and ice) by young people. Pill testing is needed to monitor the quality/content of drugs used, as well as the rapid rise of NPS, which pose significant risks to users and those who share the social spaces of clubs and music festivals. ...
potentially change user behavior. 2,3 there have been increasing calls for pill testing at music festivals and other settings. 4,5 however, concerns have also been raised that the pill testing methods deployed to the festival environment are often qualitative in nature and cann...
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...
Results Almost two鈥恡hirds of the public support pill testing at music festivals. The young and those who do not attend church are most likely to express support. Supporters of other liberal social opinions, such as the legalisation of marijuana, are also strongly supportive of pill testing. ...
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...
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...
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 ...