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  "id": 4881159,
  "title": "NSW government to resume pill testing at music festivals but rejects calls for wider community rollout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nsw-government-to-resume-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-but-rejects-4881159",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/02/nsw-government-to-resume-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-but-rejects-calls-for-wider-community-rollout"
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  "summary": "Use of sniffer dogs and searches will continue despite health and harm reduction groups arguing they could lead to riskier drug taking Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Drug testing will resume at New South Wales music festivals from October, but will not be rolled out into the wider community despite calls from peak health and harm reduction groups, while the…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "NSW government to resume pill testing at music festivals but rejects calls for wider community rollout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nsw-government-to-resume-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-but-rejects",
        "published": "2026-09-01T15:00:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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