Premier Dominic Perrottet has addressed renewed pill testing calls on the election campaign trail, following the death of a Sydney man at a large trance music festival on Saturday.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has responded to renewed calls for the introduction of pill testing to prevent drug overdoses, following theThe 26-year-old died from a suspected overdose at the Transmission festival in Sydney on Saturday, with a further 12 people hospitalised after drug-related reactions.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has urged people across the state not to do drugs. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw “But my clear message to people right across NSW [is] stay safe and don’t take drugs and you will be safe.” Instead of introducing pill testing at festivals Ms Berejiklian decided to place drug amnesty bins at music festivals to allow festival goers to discard illegal substances safely.
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