Duh! Don’t worry about whether the taxpayer pays. Have you even thought that approach through? Guess not. Who do you think is paying for the 2-3ambulances that attend for the overdose & subsequent cardiac arrest, the helicopter ambulance after they get a success & the week in ICU
Put a drug management levy on every festival ticket. Deep search every festival goer. Make the drug takers pay for the testing and management, NOT the taxpayer. People that don't do drugs should NOT have to pay for the idiots that expose themselves to that harm.
I’m not saying I’m against it, but doesn’t it fuck up a pill ? Like if a kid goes with one pill they aren’t going to have it half crushed up and tested are they.
If they are stupid enough, _____________________________ you know the line. They are no wast to society really.
Omg all these people whinging about taxpayers footing $$ for pill testing, yet the cost of prescription drugs is enormous to taxpayers. pilltestingsaveslives
SIMPLE! Huge mandatory fines for possession of any illegal drugs and of any volume.
The war on drugs is an epicfailure. Arresting kids for minor possession is a waste of tax payers money and clogs up courts. Throw the book at those who sell dangerous but 'arresting' kids is outdated. pilltestingsaveslives
you buy $20 pill, you pay $20 to have it tested, event organizer pays tester wages. notaxpayerfunding simple userpays youknowitmakessense
Test the pills and save lives
Qs. How does testing prevent overdoses? How does testing verify / guarantee what the effects are on an individual?
Natural selection process?
Actually I think as consumers we should have more information on the medical prescription drugs available in Australia too
It must be worth trying. It would also be great if there was some way to test pills coming into the country through online trading. Not just narcotics but hormone pills, weight loss pills, superfood supplements and even vitamins .So that people know what they are buying.
So now we are legalising carry prohibited drug? Rite! How about caveat emptor? If you use illicit drugs you may die quite simple! Dumb people.
Next we'll have responsible drug making and immunity for pushers and dealers. Complete garbage.
Pissing in the wind.
Either its legal or its not...........testing is not solving the problem.
All for it as long as the event organisers foot the bill for the testing stations, which could be then passed on to the ticket purchasing prices. Why should us tax payers have to foot the bill for their stupidity
People have choices in life u take drugs & kill yrself bad luck it should not be costing tax payers dollars 4 these stupid people who have killed them selves we dont feel 4 the families all our son was a drug user & he saw the light. If parents can’t control their kids tough
And where did all the pills in your photo come from?!
It’s ridiculous if you take drugs & kill yrself bad luck. Next we will b monitoring how much alcohol is drunk. Why is it stupidity may costs the tax payer for stupid people taking drugs they are warned but take no notice now we r talking about putting a programme in place cost
You can do what you like with the pills as long as taxpayers do not bear the cost of it. The words personal responsibility spring to mind.
Doomed to fail, a tested pill will eventually kill a user and the lawyers will sue, killing a good intention by the govt/organizers who will then be frozen by fear at the financial ramifications of an overdose.
It’s also promoted calls for the no pill testing policy to continue. I assume this will be tomorrow’s story. You know ... for balance. So you’re not accused of any sort of bias.
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NSW Opposition to consider pill testing | Sky News AustraliaNSW Opposition Leader Michael Daley has signalled a major policy overhaul after flagging that his government would consider pill testing, if elected in March. \n\nThe move comes after the suspected overdose of a 22-year-old man at a festival on the state’s Central Coast, marking the fourth drug related death since September.\n \nThe state’s Premier Gladys Berejiklian has doubled down on the issue saying her government continues to reject the implementation of pill testing at music festivals. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n michaeldaleyMP Will possibly, maybe, kinda “consider pill testing” if we vote them in. Sounds legit. michaeldaleyMP “It’s ok to take these pills as the government say there safe to do so “ Dealers will have there pills with a stamp of endorsement by the government michaeldaleyMP Why? The drugs were in the cooked chicken stuffing. Can we have a whole lot less hysteria.
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NSW govt urged to bring in pill testing after festival death | Sky News AustraliaThe Berejiklian government is under pressure to allow pill testing at music events after a young Queensland man died after taking an 'unknown substance' at the Lost Paradise music festival near Gosford.\n\nImage: Lost Paradise\u002FFacebook You can't legislate against stupid This is a harm minimisation strategy, and well worth pursuing. People will experiment, so testing is the lesser of the 'evils'. How about charging the sellers with murder ? Novel idea I know, but it might work
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'Pill testing should not be off the table': NSW Labor leaderMichael Daley has signalled the NSW Opposition would consider allowing the testing of recreational drugs at music festivals as part of its commitment to holding a drug summit if elected in March. Would consider ANYTHING. Only to get elected 🤡s Great. As long as he also provides free NRMA reports for cars I intend to steal. Don’t want to pinch a dud! Great idea. It will be worth it if it only saves one life
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NSW Opposition to consider pill testing | Sky News AustraliaNSW Opposition Leader Michael Daley has signalled a major policy overhaul after flagging that his government would consider pill testing, if elected in March. \n\nThe move comes after the suspected overdose of a 22-year-old man at a festival on the state’s Central Coast, marking the fourth drug related death since September.\n \nThe state’s Premier Gladys Berejiklian has doubled down on the issue saying her government continues to reject the implementation of pill testing at music festivals. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n CloverMoore The more we help people to take drugs the more people will try to experiment new pills increasing the deaths for overdose. The approach that has been used the last 20 years just does not work. There is a need to get hard on drugs to save our young and the future of this country CloverMoore Where does personal responsibility come into it? If you are over 18 and you want to put poison into your body then go right ahead. Just don’t expect the wider community to pay for this bullshit CloverMoore Fool will you take the responsibility for any deaths if someone gets wrong?
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Greens calls for national pill testing regime | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: The Greens have called on the federal government to roll out national pill testing scheme, in the wake of a young man dying at a music festival last month.\n\nGreens Senator Rachel Siewert says the ‘war on drugs’ have failed, and that governments and health authorities should prioritise harm minimisation.\n\nHer comments come after the suspected overdose of a 22-year-old man at a festival on the state’s Central Coast in December, marking the fourth drug related death in NSW in four months.\n\nThe NSW government is against the move, instead urging festival goers to refrain from taking illegal drugs.\n\nMs Siewert has told Sky News illicit drug taking 'is a health issue' and needs to 'addressed as such.' SenatorSiewert Spot on SenatorSiewert Just lock up the suppliers for 25 years, no matter how far down the food chain they are. It’s not hard. SenatorSiewert Instead of classing drugs as illegal or legal, just call them drugs. Just because something is legal doesn't mean it won't harm you or kill you so please stop this illegal vs legal. They're all drugs & none should be illegal when the legal kill far more than the illegal.Auspol
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'We would consider it': Premier softens her stance on pill testingPremier Gladys Berejiklian says she would consider implementing pill testing in NSW if her government was shown evidence it saved lives 🤦♂️auspol 🙈🙉🙊 Maybe make beer cheaper - it may feed a softer addiction?
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How pill testing could change Australian music festivalsDrug testing at music festivals already happens in parts of Europe but can it work in Australia? SBS News spoke to the president of the Australian Drug Law... No. It doesn’t matter what we do, there will always be some people who choose illegal drugs and know the risks and consequences. It’s called natural selection. It's not going to improve the situation. It certainly won't worsen it, however. Why doesn’t the government make and distribute pure and safe mdma pills at festivals instead of allowing drug dealers to operate in the shadows and syphon the profits to cartels instead of the community? 🤔
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Show some courage on pill testing and save young livesFormer AFP commissioner Mick Palmer believes pill testing is the only way to stop drug deaths Mick should be telling kids to show some courage and good sense instead. There is no excuse for the European community of Australians shown to be breaking Australian laws. Deport them all back to their First Nations in Europe like the Australian immigrant & immigrant descent terrorists now! Best way to test illegal drugs is to let some idiot take them. Keeps the population down and improves the breeding stock.
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Show some courage on pill testing and save young livesWhy a former police commissioner believes pill testing is the only way to stop drug deaths. ‘They’re murdering our kids’: Father of teenage drug victim calls for harsher penalties The father of Sydney teenager who died in 1995 after taking ecstasy, doesn’t believe pill-testing would save lives. It’s a lose-lose proposition Young lives could always show some courage and say no to drugs, but better to shift responsibility/blame to someone else
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'Gladys needs to be more open-minded': Libs urge Premier to rethink pill testingThe Premier's opposition to pill testing appears to be wavering after another drug-related death at a music festival. “Gladys needs to be less afraid of Alan Jones listeners” Anyone caught breaking Australian laws must be deported to their First Nations overseas don't make an exception for the non-indigenous foreign white European Anglo Christian community of Australians. Just do it! Just let em go, down the proverbial!
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NSW police launch 'dob in a dealer' as calls for pill testing intensifyAs more prominent names weigh in, calling for pill testing at music festivals the NSW Police Force have launched the “dob in a dealer” campaign Nah. What about a dob in a dumb ass politician day? Australia's stone age stance on drugs is the reason these things happen. Can't the ice addict giving his dealer up...
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