Plan to take drugs at a festival? Do it in Europe…

As the European festival summer reaches its end, pill analysis reveals Europe's festivalgoers have access to the world's purest ecstasy: 67.1%, compared to 16% in Oz

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New research in the US has laid bare the huge variations in the MDMA content of ecstasy pills in circulation internationally, with European festivalgoers having access to the purest pills – and Australians the least.

The research, shared with IQ by drug rehabilitation service American Addiction Centers (AAC), will further fuel calls for widespread festival pill testing, revealing that ecstasy pills in Europe contain, on average, 67.1% MDMA, compared to 16% in the lowest-ranked territory, Australia.

The average pill in North America is…

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