We Know Pill Testing Saves Lives. Here’s What’s Required For Australia To Legalise It

The Victorian Government has said that it will not support pill testing in the state, despite experts saying it will save lives. When Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan talked about “personal responsibility” on Tuesday, she dismissed evidence from scientists, pill testing clinics and trials across Australia, calls from multiple coroners and grieving family members, the Victorian Ambulance Union, evidence on failures of current measures such as sniffer dogs, support from cross-bench MPs, and the majority of Australians (57%) who already want to see it legalised. So if all that is not enough, it raises the question — what is?