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NSW Leaders maintain anti-pill testing stance

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Following multiple drug related hospitalizations at festivals in NSW and Victoria this weekend, state leaders are still maintaining their stance on pill testing.


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By Antoinette Radford

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Following multiple drug related hospitalizations at festivals in NSW and Victoria this weekend, state leaders are still maintaining their stance on pill testing.


NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has doubled down on her pill testing stance, saying it is better to tell young people not to take drugs at all. 

Her statement follows the hospitalization of 16 people at festivals in Sydney and Victoria over the weekend. 

Australia National University academic Dr David Caldicott is urging the NSW government to listen to the various professional medical bodies supporting pill testing, and trial pill testing as a way to save lives.

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