How drug searches at events increase the danger to participants from drugs.
"[Coroner Ingrid] Giles commended the free and confidential pill testing trial under way in Victoria, describing it as a vital part of the state’s overall harm reduction strategy.
'Drug checking or pill testing services at outdoor music festivals were found to be associated with people using reduced dose sizes of drugs and being more likely to dispose of potentially dangerous drugs', she found."
#MelissaDavey, 2026
We have this at many #festivals in NZ.