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Pill testing at Groovin the Moo festival potentially saves seven lives, organisers say

Festivalgoers discard drugs after testing alerts them that pills contain dangerous ingredients

The lives of seven young people were potentially saved at the weekend when a second pill testing trial at the Groovin the Moo festival in Canberra identified lethal substances.

Patrons discarded their drugs after testing alerted them that their pills contained dangerous n-ethylpentylone. MDMA was the most common substance identified followed by cocaine, ketamine and methamphetamines.

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2UJlAt6

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