Article 6K81F Fresh calls for pill-testing after suspected drug overdose death at Victorian music festival

Fresh calls for pill-testing after suspected drug overdose death at Victorian music festival

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The 23-year-old man died after being airlifted to hospital from the Pitch Music and Arts festival in western Victoria

The Victorian government is being urged to reassess its stance on pill-testing after the death of a man from a suspected drug overdose at a weekend music festival.

The 23-year-old was airlifted in a critical condition to the Alfred hospital in Melbourne from Mafeking near Ararat, in the state's south-west, in the early hours of Sunday but later died.

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