Article 4JSD3 'Drug of the moment': 5% of year 10 students have tried MDMA, expert says

'Drug of the moment': 5% of year 10 students have tried MDMA, expert says

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Drug educator Paul Dillon says it's 'ludicrous' to think pill testing will stop drug deaths, but Australia does need to try something

One in 20 year 10 students have tried ecstasy, an Australian drug educator has told an inquest into NSW music festival deaths.

"It just baffles me," Paul Dillon said in Sydney on Tuesday. "Certainly amongst young people, MDMA is the drug of the moment."

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