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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

Parents of teen who died at music festival plead with Queensland government not to ban pill testing

John (left) and Julie Tam, parents of Joshua Tam, who died at Lost Paradise music festival in December 2018.
John (left) and Julie Tam, parents of Joshua Tam, who died at the Lost Paradise music festival in December 2018 after taking MDMA. Photograph: Bianca Demarchi/AAP

Josh Tam might still be alive today if he had access to pill checking, his family believe.

The Queenslander died in 2018, at just 22, after taking MDMA at a music festival in New South Wales.

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