Music festival fatalities renew calls for pill testing

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Two men in their 20s died of suspected drug overdoses after attending the recent Knock-Out music festival. It was one of 3 Sydney festivals on the same weekend. Police made 80 drug related arrests and 20 people were taken to hospital, including 5 admissions to ICU. Last week, a 23-year-old appeared in court charged with supplying a prohibited drug causing death. The fatalities have renewed calls for pill testing in New South Wales

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