SSDP Australia: Position statement on pill testing

Australians are among the heaviest users of ‘ecstasy’ in the world. Unfortunately, the ecstasy we use is also some of the most dangerous. Widely varying in purity, and frequently laced with harmful adulterants, the pills that partygoers take are rarely as advertised. Even when pills are pure MDMA, the increase in strength can result in a dangerously high dose. As a consequence, ecstasy users are often exposed to a high level of risk. This risk can prove fatal, as we have already seen this summer. At festivals this year and in previous ones, multiple deaths have been caused by MDMA overdoses and the presence of toxic adulterants such as PMA or NBOMe.

Not knowing what’s in our drugs is killing Australians. But there is another way, and it could save lives: pill testing.

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