In a video posted to social media on Monday night, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said pill testing 'helps keep people safe'.
Allan said in a video posted to social media on Monday night that paramedics responded to more drug overdoses at festivals in the first three months of 2024 than all of 2023. Her predecessor Daniel Andrews was consistently against similar trials in his decade-long tenure. Allan said watching her two children grow up impacted her stance on the issue.
"In a few years, they'll be heading off to parties, to music festivals, and like all parents, I catch myself thinking – what if the worst happens? What if one of them doesn't make it home?" — Jacinta Allan. Allan said pill testing can save lives. "It exists around the world and the evidence says it works," she said.
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