The tragic loss of young lives at a festival should not make us complacent, especially when those fatalities arise from preventable drug risks. People are taking drugs, and people will most likely continue to take drugs in the future.
Radio presenter Ray Hadley has come out strongly in favour of the pill testing of drugs to see what substances they contain at music festivals, saying it works .
Some South Australian media, politicians and community leaders are stigmatising people with drug and alcohol dependency, putting barriers in the way of potentially life-saving health care, writes Michael White.