Dominic Perrottet’s hardline stance on drugs is ‘magical thinking’, says pill testing advocate

After the death of 26-year-old man at Sydney music festival, health expert says NSW premier’s unwavering stance is unrealistic

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One of the architects of the ACT’s pill testing program has accused the New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, of “magical thinking” after he responded to a renewed push for the scheme to be extended by saying “don’t take drugs”.

After the death of 26-year-old Kieran Ngo, a Commonwealth Bank employee from a suspected drug overdose at a Sydney music festival on the weekend, Perrottet faced questions over his government’s longstanding resistance to pill testing in NSW.

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