Time to Test: The Loop to bring drug testing to city centres

In response to growing drug deaths at clubs, festival harm-reduction specialist the Loop has launched a campaign to crowdfund drugs testing operations in UK cities

The number of deaths from cocaine and MDMA is at an all-time high © Steve Buissinne

The Loop, the charity behind the pill-testing services at several UK music festivals, has called for the introduction of ‘regional drug-testing hubs’ in British cities to stem the alarming rise in the number of drug-related deaths.

Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harms in the Night-Time Economy, a new report by the Loop, Volteface, Durham University and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, highlights the urgent need to reduce the harms associated with club drug use – revealing that…

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