[BBC Radio 4] | Women's Hour: Drugs at festivals

Criminologist, Professor Fiona Measham of the University of Durham, has been researching alcohol and drug use for the past twenty -five years and wants to reduce drug related harm. She started the charity The Loop to provide information and a safe place on site for festival-goers, Fiona also forensically tests any confiscated drugs on site and issues warnings on social media. Jo Morris joined Fiona and her team of eighty volunteers at Parklife 2015 festival in Manchester. [Listen here]

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