Mr Hill said the back-of-house method, where confiscated drugs were tested rather than festival-goers volunteering them for testing, had already"saved lives" in the United Kingdom.
But the union wants to see local authorities step up the use of digital technology to ensure information about dodgy batches gets out to smartphone users at a festival immediately."If they can get a message to them … that the drug that they're about to take could kill them, then hopefully they make a smarter decision not to take it."
The union has written to the State Government about the proposal, which they say would also reduce assaults on paramedics, and has met with Mental Health Minister Martin Foley.Pill testing 'will lead to deaths' Police Minister Lisa Neville told Melbourne radio station 3AW the Government was not going to change its position on pill testing.
"Police already do an early warning system, so where they become aware of batches of drugs that are in the market that are a problem, they will distribute that information to communities and users," she said.
Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)
Policy should be decided by science.
👏👏 all drug dealers hold Victorian paramedics beers, i mean where does this it end ?.
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