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Cassandra Morgan

Pill testing trial formally on offer after deaths

Pill testing services have been shown to significantly reduce drug harm, experts say. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Experienced emergency physicians would be on standby at a music festival under an official pitch to the Victorian government to host a free pill testing trial.

Harm Reduction Australia and Pill Testing Australia on Wednesday announced they formally offered to host a public health based pill testing trial at a festival of the government's choice this summer, at no cost to the state.

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