Calls for pill testing at Bass in the Grass as thousands head to Darwin

The Northern Territory Chief Minister says he is open to the idea of pill testing, and many young Territorians support it, but the idea remains politically controversial.

Pill testing, or drug checking, is the practice where people can volunteer a tiny amount of their drugs to be tested by a forensic chemist, who can identify exactly what substances it contains.

It’s been the subject of passionate debate in recent years after the deaths of several young people after taking unknown substances at music festivals across the country.

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