Queensland’s first festival pill-testing service finds ‘Canberra ketamine’ sold as MDMA

Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival, near Warwick, held Australia's first multi-day festival clinic last weekend

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The organisers of Queensland's first festival pill-testing service say many drugs sold as MDMA turned out to be other substances including one recently dubbed Canberra ketamine".

The Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival, near Warwick, held the first multi-day festival clinic ever held in Australia on the weekend, after two patrons died at the same event in 2019.

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