Upper House Begins Debate On Pill Testing Bill
The Victorian Greens have renewed their calls on the Victorian Labor Government to introduce pill testing, saying the evidence on pill testing has been clear for years. Earlier today, the Upper House began debating the Greens’ historic joint bill with the Animal Justice Party and Legalise Cannabis Victoria. The Pill Testing Pilot for Drug Harm Reduction […]
Study Finds Pill Testing Helps Prevent Festival Deaths
The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government is looking more desperate by the day as the Premier continues to ignore the mounting evidence in favour of pill testing. A new study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy has found that more than 60 music festival drug-related deaths in Australia over 20 […]
Labor Gambling With Lives by Denying Pill Testing.
Labor playing Russian Roulette with young Victorian lives by refusing to adopt pill testing. The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government needs to stop ignoring expert health advice and introduce pill testing as a matter of urgency, to help keep young people safer. This follows reports of several hospitalisations yesterday at Juicy Fest […]
Premier Allan’s Comments On Pill Testing ‘Cowardly’
The Victorian Greens have called Premier Allan’s comments on pill testing cowardly, and say without it young people will continue to be at greater risk of overdose or drug-related death. Over the weekend eight people were sent to hospital in a critical condition following a suspected drug overdose at the Hardmission Festival in Flemington. In […]
Pill Testing Could Soon Be Reality In Victoria.
Pill testing could be reality in Victoria by summer 2024 under historic joint bill. The Victorian Greens, the Animal Justice Party, and Legalise Cannabis Victoria will today introduce a joint bill that would establish pill testing in the state by this time next year. It marks the first time three parties have co-sponsored a bill […]
Free Pill Testing Trial For Victoria On Offer.
Labor must take up offer for free pill testing trial in Victoria this summer. The Greens have urged the Victorian Labor Government to take up an offer being made by public health experts to establish a free pill testing trial at a festival this summer. The offer has been made by Harm Reduction Australia and […]
Labor Must Stop Ignoring Experts On Pill Testing
The Victorian Greens have said Labor needs stop ignoring expert health advice and introduce pill testing as a matter of urgency, to help keep young people safer. The Greens say each day the state government delays reform is another day a young person could be at risk of overdose or drug-related death. Earlier today, a […]
Medically Supervised Injecting Room Needed in CBD.
The Victorian Greens have thrown their support behind an open letter released today calling for a medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) to be established in Melbourne’s CBD.
Lack of Pill Testing This Summer Will Cost Lives.
The Greens’ comments come as another Victorian Coroner has called for the establishment of a Victorian drug-checking service yesterday– the fourth such call from a coroner who collectively have investigated eight drug-related deaths of people aged 17 to 30 since 2021.
Maroondah Hospital Name Change Disrespectful.
GREENS CALL OUT LABOR’S HYPOCRISY OVER MAROONDAH HOSPITAL NAME CHANGE. The Victorian Greens have today introduced a motion into the Upper House calling out the hypocrisy of the Victorian Labor Government over its “disrespectful” decision to rename Maroondah Hospital. In the state budget last week, the Government referred to Maroondah Hospital as “Queen Elizabeth II […]
