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Australien. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
Australien. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
If NSW takes on the coroner’s recommendations, it will be among the most innovative and evidence-based states in Australia on drug policy.
The much-awaited NSW coroner’s report into music festival deaths was released today.
In the report, Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame recommends pill testing, a ban on sniffer dogs and a reduction in the number of strip searches, among other measures to prevent deaths. (The Conversation, UK, 08.11.2019)