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Tasmanian government unmoved on pill testing despite drug warning to Panama festival-goers

Tasmania's attorney-general says "drugs that are illegal are exactly that, for many reasons". (Anthony Delanoix on Unsplash)

The Tasmanian government has again ruled out allowing pill testing, despite expert calls for it to be introduced following organisers at a music festival over the weekend warning patrons in the wake of a fatality at the event. 

The death of a man at the Panama festival in the state's north prompted organisers to address those at the three-day festival at Lone Star Valley — a property near Golconda, a 45-minute drive north of Launceston on Saturday. 

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