Potentially life-saving pill-testing trial will be held at the Groovin the Moo ...

Potentially life-saving pill-testing trial will be held at the Groovin the Moo music festival for the second year in a row after string of revellers die from suspected drug overdoses Pill-testing trial will be held at a music festival in Canberra for the second year  Trial will be at Groovin the Moo festival at Exhibition Park in Canberra in April STA-SAFE consortium said the pill testing trial enables more informed decisions  ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the message will always be don't take drugs

By Mark Brook For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 03:03 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 03:06 GMT, 19 February 2019

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A potentially life-saving pill-testing trial will be held at a music festival in Canberra for the second year in a row after a string of revellers died from suspected overdoses. 

The trial will be run by Pill Testing Australia - previously known as STA-SAFE - at this year's sold-out Groovin the Moo festival at Exhibition Park in Canberra on April 28.

Pill Testing Australia consortium member Gino Vumbaca told the Sydney Morning Herald this year's trial will be significantly bigger than last year's pilot, which catered to about 20,000 festival-goers.  

A potentially life-saving pill-testing trial will be held at a music festival in Canberra for the second year in a row after a string of revellers died from suspected overdoses

A potentially life-saving pill-testing trial will be held at a music festival in Canberra for the second year in a row after a string of revellers died from suspected overdoses

The trial will be run by Pill Testing Australia - previously known as STA-SAFE - at this year's sold-out Groovin the Moo festival (pictured) at Exhibition Park in Canberra on April 28

The trial will be run by Pill Testing Australia - previously known as STA-SAFE - at this year's sold-out Groovin the Moo festival (pictured) at Exhibition Park in Canberra on April 28

'We expect a lot more people to come forward and we expect that will result in lot more people not consuming drugs or moderating what they're about to consume,' Mr Vumbaca said.

The trial in the national capital comes in the light of last year's success, and after five young people aged 19 to 23 died at festivals in NSW over the holiday season.     

Mr Vumbaca said

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