A pill testing machine is seen during a briefing with medical practitioners responsible for the recent pill testing trial in the ACT, explains the logistics of a pill testing medical service for music festivals at the Ted Noffs Foundation in Randwick, Sydney, Jan. 22, 2019. AAP Image/Jeremy Piper
Queensland has become the first state in Australia to formally outlaw anonymous pill testing for drugs, passing new laws in parliament late on Sept. 18.
The move shuts down existing services and blocks any future attempts at drug checking, despite warnings from doctors and health experts that the ban could cost lives.
