News From The Drug War Front -Podcast- 10th October 2023

<p>As usual, we will give an update of CAHMA’s various programs and services. </p> <p>There is new information from CanTEST, the drug testing service that has been operational in Canberra for over a year now. </p> <p>Drug testing could return to the ‘Spilt Milk” music festival next month if remaining insurance snags can be resolved.</p> <p>CAHMA staff were on commercial TV’s “A Current Affair” last Wednesday as part of a piece on the looming decriminalisation of personal use amounts of certain drugs. </p> <p>Sadly, movement on drug testing at music festivals in New South Wales remain unlikely for this Summer,</p> <p>From Canada comes a piece about “Smoking, not injecting, now linked to two thirds of British Columbia Overdose Deaths”. </p> <p>From the US comes “US-Mexico Talks; More Fentanyl Crackdowns and Deportations Loom”.  The Bronx day care provider and 2 others have been indicted on murder after the death from fentanyl of a 1-year-old boy.</p> <p> The show is co-presented by Geoff Ward and Marion Watson.</p>