Jan 22, 2016
It's not difficult.
The recent tragic overdoses at festivals around Australia have brought pill-testing back into the headlines, as health experts argue its benefits while police and politicians staunchly declare it will never happen. But Australia is no stranger to harm reduction policies for drugs like heroin (with safe injecting rooms now the norm), and there are many other countries around the world saving lives at festivals every day with pill-testing programs. I looked into how pill-testing works in The Netherlands, Austria and Portugal.
