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Pill Testing Is Coming to Australian Music Festivals

Rabbit Eats Lettuce festival will become the first event in an Australian state to offer pill-testing services.

Set for the Easter long weekend, from March 28-April 1, the electronic and dance-specialist fest is at home near Warwick in the south-east corridor of Queensland — the first Australian state or territory to commit to supporting pill testing on an ongoing basis. Partygoers will have access to free, voluntary, and confidential pill testing by an “appropriately qualified chemist,” reads a statement from state government, which is tipping in nearly A$1 million ($660,000) in investment over two years. It’s a “step in the right direction in reducing drug-related harm,” Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival organizer Eric Lamir tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and, through the process, police have been “extremely supportive” in preparing for the gathering.

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