Drug Testing

The Loop provides back-of-house drug testing at festivals and music events across England. Back-of-house drug testing is where we test substances which have been found, confiscated, given to us by medics or surrendered into amnesty bins.

By testing substances across the UK, we build a web of data that will help us give harm reduction advice to people who use drugs, informed by what drugs are currently in circulation. In situations where there is a significant threat to the public from a submitted substance, we not only share this information with the person who submitted the substance, we share an alert more widely on our social media and on our alerts page.

In 2025 we provided back of house drug testing across 27 days at:

DRUMSHEDS, London
Parklife Festival, Manchester
Love Saves the Day Festival, Bristol
The Warehouse Project, Manchester
Lost Village Festival, Lincolnshire

Drug Testing

The Loop Drug Checking Service is a registered charity. Charity number: 1200533Privacy Statement / Equality and Diversity Statement

The Loop Drug Checking Service is a registered charity.
Charity number: 1200533
Privacy Statement / Equality and Diversity Statement