Sniffer dogs and bag searches can make drug danger at festivals more likely, Victorian coroner finds
by Melissa Davey Medical editor from World news | The Guardian on (#7353E)
Findings follow death of woman at Marlo Altitude music festival in 2023, with coroner recommending state urgently update 2013 code of practice
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Police, security guards, bag searches, and sniffer dogs at music festivals can lead to riskier drug use and greater harms, a Victorian coroner who examined the death of a 28-year-old woman has found.
Trang Thi Thu Le collapsed, suffered seizures and went into cardiac arrest after consuming MDMA and ketamine at an electronic dance music event, Marlo Altitude, at Melbourne's John Cain Arena in 2023.
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