Minsters urged to expand drug testing at festivals
In a newly published report, the Home Affairs Committee criticises drug laws as "outdated and in need of reform"
News By James Hanley | 1 September 2023
A parliamentary committee has urged the UK government to expand on-site drug testing at festivals. In a newly published report, the Home Affairs Committee criticises drug laws as “outdated and…
in need of reform” and calls for a new legislative and funding framework that enables “practical, risk-reducing interventions such as establishing a pilot drug consumption facility and drug testing at festivals”.
The committee points out that countries such as the United States, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, the Netherlands,…