Calls for pill testing at Bass in the Grass as thousands head to Darwin SatSaturday 6 updated SunSunday 7 MarMarch 2021 at 12:22am Up to 14,000 people are expected to attend the music festival in May this year. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Northern Territory Chief Minister says he is open to the idea of pill testing, and many young Territorians support it, but the idea remains politically controversial. Key points: Some say the lack of recent music festivals could increase risky behaviour Many revellers are also expected to travel from interstate Pill testing, or drug checking, is the practice where people can volunteer a tiny amount of their drugs to be tested by a forensic chemist, who can identify exactly what substances it contains.