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![[The Guardian] | Testing drugs at festivals is ‘a lifesaver’, study finds](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062806-9F9NYBJ1GL2LJ5H6XOL7/IMG_0903.JPG)
![[BBC] | Festival Drugs](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062802-2BKT71G3KK7W4C8UAVMZ/Screen+Shot+2018-09-05+at+14.29.44.png)
![[Vice] | Lessons We Learned About Drugs This Festival Season](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062794-HZFKARNPJUR7JD1YMW1D/1535706920455-Screen-Shot-2018-08-31-at-101503.jpeg)
![[BBC] | Thousands of people use drug-testing facilities at UK music festivals](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062790-LYM2MHT98KOS0ZLFGITS/Screen+Shot+2018-09-03+at+11.33.31.png)
![[BBC] | 'My day with the drug testing squad…'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062782-5KJHUHW8IOGQE2FZTDKF/download.jpeg)
![[The Mirror] | Donald Trump ecstasy pills with deadly MDMA levels found in circulation at UK festivals](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062778-FWRKEOMFDA3E93KIYT3S/0_REPS-Donald-Trump-ecstasy-tablets-with-dangerous-levels-of-MDMA-found-at-UK-festivals.jpg)
![[Channel 5 News] | Reading and Leeds festivals scrap drug testing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062786-57T4DUNRJ7IBVWW5FQ7U/Screen+Shot+2018-09-03+at+11.17.43.png)
![[Richard Branson] | Why I support testing drugs for safety at festivals](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062774-G5B72OGMZ3KH1OJ5TMEE/richard_GCDP_warsaw.jpg)
![[BBC] | Illegal drugs samples tested at Kendal Calling in Cumbria](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062765-KXDD731I5RURLUCT1OHZ/160731_kendalcalling_sunday_benjamin_paul-26.jpg)
![[Daily Mail] | Festivals to offer voluntary drug safety testing this summer amid fears super strength ecstasy could claim more lives... but users won't face arrest](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062770-FMSE8QQIVH3PJJTRENZ5/9146870546_782477e031_z.jpg)
![[Cornwall Live] | Boardmasters festival to provide drug testing service for revellers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062761-8H2UESOWJW4CWZ2O250R/2_Boardmasters-Festival-2018_Gallery_MainStage.jpg)
![[MixMag] | Cornwall's Boardmasters is the latest festival to offer drug testing onsite](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062757-NQL8DWIUHUES7WA8T7JN/1_Boardmasters-Festival-2018_Gallery_Aerial.jpg)
![[Birmingham Mail] | MADE Festival to provide drug testing in attempt to prevent deaths in Perry Barr](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062753-7VZV3S6F9BQXZ35IN599/Screen+Shot+2018-07-22+at+23.20.25.png)
![[MixMag] | Birmingham's MADE Festival to offer on-site drug testing and counselling](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062749-ZUKH4KWSTAJD93UXO32C/MADE-festival-logo.png){kind=logo}
![[The Independent] | Government will not 'stand in the way' of drug testing at festivals, says Home Office](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062744-RULGEEW3IL6IT4R3NJ3U/loop-tent.jpg)
![[The Telegraph] | Warning over potent 'fake MDMA' drug which causes psychosis and keeps users awake for three days](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062736-EOYRG0ZBHI63S2HYJY1J/DfU7OsBW4AANNcI_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwbVCgzhrAwed_kSlUqYdWmE.jpg)
![[New Scientist] | Party drugs are here to stay, but they don’t have to be killers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062732-80SM8APFHPLTR2ELSD91/dg5a28fxoaacue7.jpg-large-800x533.jpg)
![[Vice] | Why Festivals Aren't Doing More to Keep Drug Users Safe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062740-BFENNNMKABE972O754Z2/16994203210_512ae9a3ba_z.jpg)
![[British Medical Journal] | Art dealing: raffle tickets fund pill testing at festivals](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062727-CY41T1K0UMKVYOZOR0Z6/Chemical%2BX%2BRush.jpeg)
![[The Times] | Drug testing can stop the festival tragedies](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621d3bdf0f7c7c414579182f/1646083062723-N7O7W7O10B9O6NXBO3ED/4749973863_9c39642314_z.jpg)