Festival attendees are willing to pay and average $12 subsidy for pill testing services,according to a new West Australian study.
Three men and a woman have been charged with drug supply at a Sydney music festival.
A former addict has said the criminal histories of recovered users should be erased because they are unemployable.
The rate of amphetamine possession has jumped by an average of 250 per cent in 10 years in NSW,but in one region it's skyrocketed by 1000 per cent.
Ms Berejiklian said she remain opposed to pill testing.
A 24-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were found dead in a tent on the festival's grounds on Monday.
Deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame said on Tuesday that the deaths of two people at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival underlined the importance of staging the inquest as soon as possible.
The pill-testing argument consumes a lot of chatter,but there is a narrow-sighted objection from the state government to even explore the possibility.
A survey of drug and alcohol consumption by high school students reveals an"alarming"increase in the consumption of ecstasy,warns a leading expert.
The testing service has been welcomed by several Australian artists who believe harm minimisation is key.
The ‘artificial shine of safety’ can be dangerous.