Alex Ross-King, 19, wanted to know more about the pills she was planning to take – but didn’t know who to ask.
She died of a drug overdose after drinking and taking MDMA before Sydney’s Fomo festival in 2019.
It might not have happened if she’d had access to a clinic like the one that opened in Canberra on Tuesday, her mum said.
The CanTEST Health and Drug Checking Service is Australia’s first fixed site pill-testing clinic. It’s also a place people can go to ask questions about anything they plan to take, and the effect it might have.
At the service launch, Jen Ross-King was asked if, with the right information, Alex might not have taken so many pills.
