Stats don't lie.
A new study has found the majority of young Australians are in favour of drug testing at music festivals and would reconsider taking the drug if they were aware of its content.
The study, conducted by researchers from Western Sydney University and the University Centre for Rural Health North Coast (UCRH), saw medical students attend a music festival in 2016 and conducted the survey of 642 people aged 18-30.
"In this survey, 73.4% of participants reported using illicit drugs in the past 12 months."
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Below are some of the study's findings:
"The idea is not to facilitate or condone drug use – but to help people make better informed decisions, and to provide an opportunity for harm reduction information and health promotion messages to be given directly to young people," Research Fellow at UCRH, Dr Jennifer Johnston, said.
Read more about the study here.
The survey follows a pill testing trial being axed from Canberra's Spilt Milk festival in November.