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Marty Silk

GPs back Queensland plan to offer illicit pill testing

The Queensland government will have at least one drug-checking trial site running within six months. (Jeremy Piper/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

One of the nation's peak doctors' bodies has called on states and territories to introduce illicit pill testing to "save lives" after Queensland unveiled plans for a trial.

The Queensland government on Saturday announced plans to have at least one drug-checking trial site running within six months in a bid to reduce avoidable deaths.

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