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Australien. Six reasons Australia should pilot ‘pill testing’ party drugs by Professor Alison Ritter
Australien. Six reasons Australia should pilot ‘pill testing’ party drugs
by Professor Alison Ritter
The death of 19-year-old Georgina Bartter at a music festival on the weekend from a suspected ecstasy overdose could possibly have been avoided with a simple harm-minimisation intervention. Pill testing, or drug checking as it’s known in Europe, provides feedback to users on the content of illegal drugs, allowing them to make informed choices. (UNSW MEDICINE - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, 2016)
https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/blog/six-reasons-australia-should-pilot-‘pill-testing’-party-drugs