Fresh calls for pill-testing after suspected drug overdose death at Victorian music festival

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The 23-year-old man died after being airlifted to hospital from the Pitch Music and Arts festival in western Victoria

The Greens say the death of a man who attended the Pitch Music and Arts festival should be a trigger for new pill-testing laws.The Greens say the death of a man who attended the Pitch Music and Arts festival should be a trigger for new pill-testing laws.The Victorian government is being urged to reassess its stance on pill-testing after the death of a man from a suspected drug overdose at a weekend music festival.

Two other men aged in their 30s and 40s were reportedly also taken in a stable condition to East Grampians Health Service suffering suspected overdoses. The Victorian Greens said the man’s death should be a trigger for the premier, Jacinta Allan, to “shift gears and finally set up pill-testing”.

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