Western Victoria Region
Sarah MANSFIELD (Western Victoria) (14:48): (651) The summer festival season is still well underway in Western Victoria, with thousands of people gearing up to head to various overnight festivals like Pitch and Golden Plains over the March long weekend. Volunteer first aiders who work at these festivals have reached out to my office, concerned that the ‘Just say no’ approach to drug harm is failing. There are reports of increasingly severe drug overdose presentations, which is traumatising for all involved, yet the Labor government continues to kick the can down the road, waiting for innocent festivalgoers to bear the brunt of harmful drugs, rather than implementing proven harm reduction strategies. My question to the Minister for Mental Health is: when will this government introduce pill testing in Victoria?