//The only way for this pill stations to be effective is if they are run by a chemist, or at least a trained technician. Both who would be committed to their job and not ready to take money on the side. (By the way that's also not that uncommon for people to do either). This means it'll have to be a higher cost to have the stations, and won't be a sustainable cost for parties or events.//

Okay, so let's say it's one of your outdoor music festivals, running all day and into the night. Let's say 09:00-23:00. That means you'll need your pill testing station manned by at least one person... but let's go ahead and make it two, then they can keep an eye on each other since you're so worried about them turning into mindless drug hoovers the minute they start working... so two people for the duration of the 14 hour festival. Probably break it up into two shifts, but however you do it you've got to fork out for 28 hours worth of pay. And we'll pay them $30 an hour, probably a little on the generous side for a technician, but what the hey, we can afford it. 28 X $30 = $840. Plus taxes and super, which would bump up the figure... let's call it a grand (I could be wrong).

I haven't been to a music festival in many moons. Last time I went to they Big Day out prices were about $100; google tells me they're up to about $165 these days. $1000 / $165 = 6.06 (to 2 d.p.). So about six tickets. That's how many you need to sell to pay your technicians. Six tickets out of the tens of thousands that you will sell.

Now, remind me what you were saying about it being uneconomical?

//What I don't get though is who he's the only one who even replied to the question "how much will this cost."//

Sorry, must have missed it. You're looking at about $25-$30 an hour for your technician; the big variable in costs is what sort of analytical instrumentation/technique they're using. A GC-MS would be the best tool for the job, but a shiny new one of those costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. On the other hand, if they're employing wet chemical methods then the cost could be very low indeed. The devil, as always, is in the detail... and at the moment, we've seen no details.

For crying out loud ! There are decent people in this Nation who through only the fault of Centrelink & other Govt Agencies are doing it tough yet drug abusers get all the publicity in trying to make us feel sorry for them. The funding & effort is wasted on the drug abusers, help the decent Folk.

http://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/keep-it-pg-a-political-wish-list-for-2019-20190111-p50qqq.html
Pill testing gets a mention in my link
But [the Devil Made Me Do It] reality with a sense of fun does too
Reality, small word but a must in a sane world
Kid [young girl] died yesterday, Music Festival Western Sydney
In all probability she was not a drug user full time
Not a nasty piece of work
Pill testing?
Get harsh on the filth/vermin who killed her
Even consider GOVERNMENT sell safe party drugs cheap and in low dosage, at the gate
But stop ignoring the murders taking place every weekend by filth and vermin we do not need

Music festivals should be stopped for a while to see if drug related deaths ease. Most of these festivals don't play music anyway, it's just indoctrinating noise to make young people take drugs.
The festival organisers should be required to have drug overdose insurance.

When you think about it is only one or two who die among thousands who attend. Who can tell me that the supply from which that death causing drug came, was only given to one or two who died. No! Pushers have supplied many with that batch of pills. Were those pills safe and only one unsafe? Not likely!

People react differently to different chemicals in the body. Some become sick others are fine so rather than just test pills you would need to find individuals reaction to the chemicals. The message is clear; don't take chemical substances that is not prescribed by a physician. Even then more people have unknown reactions to prescribed drugs than attend Music Festivals.