Leader of the House Christian Rowan says he supports the Queensland government’s controversial move to squash pill testing despite previously backing the policy and responding to a heated backlash online that he was now bound by cabinet solidarity.

The LNP government introduced a last-minute amendment to an unrelated health bill last Thursday, effectively banning pill testing services in Queensland.

Member for Moggill Dr Christian Rowan, who in 2019 sponsored a petition calling on the Labor government to introduce a pill testing trial, was called out online for supporting the change.

Member for Moggill Dr Christian Rowan (left) with Premier David Crisafulli. Credit: Catherine Strohfeldt

One user noted Rowan’s backflip was particularly galling given he had worked as an addiction spe

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