[BBC] | Illegal drugs samples tested at Kendal Calling in Cumbria

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Written By Mark Sweeney

Almost 150 samples of illegal drugs were tested during a four-day music festival. Campaign group The Loop offered forensic tests at Kendal Calling in Cumbria, which ended on Sunday, to help users know what they were taking.

They found ecstasy tablets three times stronger than usual, drugs contained different substances and about 10% of drugs tested had been mis-sold. [Read more]

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