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Politics
Callum Godde

Victoria won't follow Qld on pill-testing site trial

Victoria's premier is refusing to follow Queensland's move to roll out pill testing.

The Queensland government has flagged plans to run at least one drug-checking trial site within six months after tabling legislation to decriminalise illicit drug possession.

Other states and territories have been urged by the nation's peak doctors' bodies to follow suit but Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has categorically shut down the idea.

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