CORONIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PILL TESTING INCREASE PRESSURE ON NEW PREMIER
2024-03-15 The Victorian Greens have said the new Premier can no longer ignore the mounting pressure in favour of pill testing, following the release of new coronial recommendations. Overnight two Victorian coroners released new recommendations that the Victorian Labor Government trial a pill testing service, following two independent coronial investigations. This follows several previous coronial […]
TRAGIC OVERDOSE DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD PILL TESTING BEEN IMPLEMENTED
2024-03-11 The Victorian Greens have said the tragic death of a festival-goer over the weekend could have been prevented had the Victorian Labor Government implemented pill testing. The Greens say that while untested pills masquerading as party drugs like MDMA continue to circulate in the community, young people will be at risk of drug-related overdose […]
GREENS’ PRESSURE SEES PILL TESTING ON HORIZON, BUT SHOULDN’T COME AT EXPENSE OF INJECTING ROOM
2024-03-11 The Victorian Greens have said the tragic death of a festival-goer over the weekend could have been prevented had the Victorian Labor Government implemented pill testing. The Greens say that while untested pills masquerading as party drugs like MDMA continue to circulate in the community, young people will be at risk of drug-related overdose […]
UPPER HOUSE BEGINS DEBATE ON HISTORIC PILL TESTING BILL
2024-02-21 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 […]
PILL TESTING HELPS PREVENT FESTIVAL DEATHS, YET NEW PREMIER REFUSES TO LISTEN
2024-01-16 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 […]
LABOR PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH YOUNG VICTORIAN LIVES BY REFUSING TO ADOPT PILL TESTING
2024-01-13 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 in Melbourne, with a woman in a critical condition after a suspected drug […]
PREMIER ALLAN’S COMMENTS ON PILL TESTING ‘COWARDLY’, AND A KICK IN THE GUTS TO YOUNG VICTORIANS
2024-01-10 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. […]
PILL TESTING COULD BE REALITY IN VICTORIA BY SUMMER 2024, UNDER HISTORIC JOINT BILL
2023-11-30 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 in the Victorian Parliament. The progressive parties say they hope the historic move […]
LABOR MUST TAKE UP OFFER FOR FREE PILL TESTING TRIAL IN VICTORIA THIS SUMMER
2023-11-15 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 Pill Testing Australia with the support of numerous public health bodies and unions, […]
