Bristol could become the first UK city to host drug testing services on a regular basis.
If plans are approved by Bristol City Council's cabinet, the city could host 15 free drug testing services over 12 months. The proposed service would offer users a chance to submit a sample of a substance and receive the results from a forensic analysis, detailing the content and purity of a given substance.
In 2018, a pop-up recreational drug testing service went to Stokes Croft for a weekend and that same year non-profit The Loop became the first publicly-available drugs testing service in any UK city when it piloted in Bristol. Then, in 2020, the University of Bristol starting giving students free kits to test their drugs.