Another overdose death at a music festival in NSW. Is it time to introduce pill testing?

Interested to hear what people think about pill testing at functions like music festivals. From what I've read from studies overseas, it seems to have a positive impact on people at functions and there are claims that it has reduced deaths and even led to an improvement in the quality of drugs on the market.

What do people think about it?

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suzie1960 · 61-69, F

Anti-drug legislation causes more problems than the drugs themselves. If they were legal, they could be produced in licensed laboratories and subject to rigorous quality control. It would also take them out of the hands of criminal gangs.

Bushranger · 70-79, M

@suzie1960 You know, I thought that I was the only person in the world who felt like that. With the exception of some violence caused by ice use, the majority of drug crime is related to financing the addiction. We've been pretty much doing it with alcohol and tobacco but the lethality of those drugs makes the illicit drugs look like candy.