Pill Testing
Rosalie Woodruff speaks on the adjournment on the Labor Party's position on pill testing.
Rosalie Woodruff speaks on the adjournment on the Labor Party's position on pill testing.
The Falls Festival starts on 28 December this year and there will be no safe pill testing regime in place.
This bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 by inserting a new Part 4A to establish a legal framework for lawful drug analysis pill testing.
Labor has put politics above keeping young people safe in their decision not to support the Misuse of Drugs Amendment (Drug Analysis) Bill 2018.
The ACT Government’s decision to allow free pill testing at the Spilt Milk festival will save lives.
Police Minister, Rene Hidding, once again showed Tasmanians he would rather continue a failed "war on drugs" than reduce the risk of drug deaths.
Last week 12 young people were hospitalised on the Gold Coast after consuming a drug they thought was ecstasy. Twenty-seven-year-old Ricky Stevens later died.
The Police Minister, Rene Hidding, today refused out of hand to consider pill testing measures at festivals as a way of protecting young people from harm.
The evidence shows pill testing will keep our young people safe from harmful drugs and it has the support of the Police Association.