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Drug testing plan hopes to salvage flagging nighttime economy

DRUG checking and testing in city centres could help reduce Scotland’s appalling drug death toll, it has been claimed.

The National (Scotland)

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Golf Monthly

Killer pills warning extended to London schools after deaths of two clubbers

London councils issue warning to schools in the borough highlighting the serious danger posed by the pills

Evening Standard

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'It's a potentially fatal dose': The superstrong ecstasy pills taking over London right now

MDMA pills tested in London recently were found to be double an adult dose, on average. Maddy Mussen asks the experts how they flooded the market

Evening Standard

Super-strength drugs warning after 'several hospitalisations across multiple London clubs'

Bosses at Fabric nightclub in Farringdon said some revellers had “become very unwell and had seizures”

Evening Standard

Lando Norris’ lap guide to world-famous Silverstone ahead of British Grand Prix

The British Grand Prix takes place at the Northamptonshire circuit this weekend.

The National (Scotland)

Warning issued over super-strength ecstasy pills ahead of Glastonbury Festival

‘It is younger and less experienced festival-goers who came of age during Covid...who are particularly at risk’

Evening Standard

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Warning issued over super-strength ecstasy pills ahead of Glastonbury festival

Drug charity The Loop says young festivalgoers are particularly at risk as potency of pills returns to pre-pandemic levels

The Guardian - UK

‘Landmark moment’: UK’s first regular drug testing service to open in Bristol

Exclusive: Home Office licence will allow charity to check drugs such as heroin and crack to see if they are contaminated

The Guardian - UK

Drug testing at festivals must expand before summer 2024, committee tells Home Office

The Home Affairs Committee recommends a dedicated licensing scheme for drug checking

Evening Standard

Festival boss steps up legal action over drug testing with ‘pop up labs’

Parklife co-founder Sacha Lord is urging the Home Office to legalise pop-up drug testing at festivals

Evening Standard

‘People will do drugs. Why not minimise the damage?’ The charity caring for tripped-out ravers

PsyCare UK offers hydration and colouring books to people who have overdone psychedelic drugs – but hardline government policies are making this kind of harm reduction service harder to provide

The Guardian - UK

Parklife boss Sacha Lord threatening Home Office with court action over on-site drug testing

"If it saves one person’s life as a bare minimum, we’re just going to carry on with it."

Manchester Evening News

Festival boss threatens legal action against government over drug testing

Parklife founder Sacha Lord says requiring a licence for on-site drug testing is ‘irrational’

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Government accused of 'screeching U-turn' over music festival drug testing after Parklife's Sacha Lord slams Home Office

Testing has been carried out since 2014, but Parklife was told it needed a licence 'at the 11th hour' this year

The Guardian - UK

Drug-testing at festivals saves lives. Why does the Home Office want to end it?

An effective ban on the testing of confiscated substances will needlessly expose festival-goers to harm, says Daisy Jones, author of All the Things She Said

Manchester Evening News

Parklife’s Sacha Lord says Home Office decision to block drug testing at festival was 'dangerous and stupid'

He made the comments after Parklife wasn't allowed to test confiscated drugs on site

The Guardian - UK

Home Office U-turn on festival drug tests ‘puts people at risk’

Exclusive: Festival organisers say onerous new licence rules for onsite drug testing could endanger lives

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'If you can't stop them getting into Strangeways, what am I supposed to do?': Parklife boss on dealing with drugs

'Ultimately, if you cannot stop drugs getting into a category A prison like Strangeways, what am I supposed to do in a park?'

ABC News

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