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State’s top doctor raises alarm as Sydney vapers develop opioid addiction
Dr Kerry Chant pushed the premier to think beyond pill-testing after young Sydneysiders unknowingly inhaled synthetic opioids through vapes.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
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Festival-goer overdoses on first day of Victorian pill-testing trial
Paramedics were called to the Beyond the Valley festival after a man in his 20s suffered a drug overdose.
- by Rachael Dexter and Marta Pascual Juanola
What’s in that white powder? Inside Victoria’s first pill testing site
From this weekend, festival-goers will be able to get their drugs tested confidentially to make sure they are taking what they think they are taking.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
‘Drugs are illegal’: Pill-testing trial will not stop arrests at festivals
Premier Chris Minns has conceded there is an “essential contradiction” in allowing a 12-month pill-testing trial while still expecting police to enforce the law.
- by Michael McGowan
Pill testing to go ahead at NSW summer music festivals
After years of calls for pill-testing services, a 12-month trial in time for the summer music festival season in early 2025 will be unveiled on Thursday.
- by Michael McGowan
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Drugs
NSW Labor considering pill testing this summer
MPs including the parliamentary secretary for health have put their names to an open letter calling on their own government to overhaul drug policy in NSW.
- by Michael McGowan
Analysis
Drugs
Anger, frustration and revolt: Inside the final day of NSW’s drug summit
As the drug summit unfolded, it became dominated by the one topic the government wanted off the table: decriminalisation.
- by Michael McGowan and Angus Thomson
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Chris Minns
Labor pushed on pill testing on final day of drug summit
The Minns government is facing a concerted push from powerful union leaders and MPs to adopt drug reforms such as pill testing and an additional medically supervised injecting centre as the drug summit resumes on Thursday.
- by Alexandra Smith, Angus Thomson and Michael McGowan
‘Worst of both worlds’: The US city with a warning for Sydney about drugs
The decision to invite an American mayor to speak at the NSW drug summit angered some attendees who saw it as an effort to head off calls for decriminalisation.
- by Angus Thomson and Michael McGowan
Opinion
Opinion
Another drug summit? This time, premier, don’t tick boxes – save lives
After Bob Carr’s push in 1999, NSW was regarded as a world leader in drug law and policy. Sadly, it is a mantle we lost long ago.
- by Dan Howard
Analysis
State Parliament
This event has been years in the making, but even the man who wanted it won’t show up
Chris Minns says he wants the drug summit to “challenge the prevailing system”. Some advocates are concerned he won’t be listening.
- by Michael McGowan
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