Drug testing is to be carried out in nightclubs following alarm at the discovery of new psychoactive substances and superstrength ecstasy pills at Electric Picnic.
A pilot HSE scheme at the festival earlier this year found three new types of drugs among the 46 handed in by the public. These were 3-CMC and 5-MAPB – which are both similar to amphetamines – and 4-HO-MiPT which is akin to LSD.
“Mybrand” ecstasy tablets which come in the form of a skull also contained massively varying amounts of MDMA ranging from 36mg to 235mg, while some of the MDMA powder checked by HSE chemists was almost completely pure.
