URGENT NSW HEALTH WARNING: DEADLY HIGH-DOSE MDMA FOUND IN CIRCULATION

NSW Health has issued a major public alert after dangerously high-dose MDMA pills and ketamine-like substances were detected at a popular NSW music festival — and officials fear these drugs are still circulating across the state. The alarming discovery was made during the NSW Government’s drug checking trial at the Strawberry Fields festival in Tocumwal last weekend. While no patrons were hospitalised, testers uncovered MDMA tablets and capsules containing far higher doses than normally seen, prompting an official drug warning. Authorities also detected ketamine analogues in white powder and crystalline substances — chemicals that mimic ketamine but can cause stronger hallucinations, dissociation,...