Amnesty bins will be available at music festivals across NSW in the wake of recommendations following a spate of drugs deaths. 9News
examined the deaths of Sydneysiders Nathan Tran, Joseph Pham and Callum Brosnan, Melbourne student Diana Nguyen, Brisbane teaching student Joshua Tam and Central Coast teen Alex Ross-King.
All were aged under 24, and took multiple MDMA capsules the day they attended NSW music festivals in the 13 months to January 2019. Mr Tam died of complications of MDMA use, Mr Brosnan died of mixed drug toxicity and the rest died of MDMA overdoses.But Ms Berejiklian said festival-goers need to take responsibility for themselves, and again urged people not to take drugs."Don't take those pills, that's the strongest message we can take to everybody," she said.
"We're doing everything we can to keep those festivals safe. There is an element of personal responsibility." NSW Police minister, David Elliot, backed the amnesty plan, saying: "Amnesty bins give an opportunity for people that have made a bad decision turn it into a good decision.NSW Health minister Brad Hazzard said he was satisfied the industry was working well with the government and said he believed music festivals were becoming safer.Amnesty bins would be placed at the entrances to festivals, where police carry out checks.
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