UK health experts have recommended that drug testing at festivals should become “standard” to protect attendees.
Secret Garden Party successfully trialled a testing initiative last summer with help from charity The Loop, and a number of other events are following suit this summer, including Reading and Leeds.
Shirley Cramer, the chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health has said: “While the use of stimulant ‘club drugs’ such as ecstasy can never be safe, and RSPH supports ongoing efforts to prevent them entering entertainment venues, we accept that a certain level of use remains inevitable in such settings.