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Parklife and Warehouse Project founder threatens legal action over Home Office festival drug checking policy
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Parklife and Warehouse Project founder threatens legal action over Home Office festival drug checking policy

Sacha Lord, founder of Parklife festival and Warehouse Project, plans to legally challenge the UK government if it does not reverse the implementation of a...

Musicians and MPs call on Home Office to reconsider “shortsighted and dangerous” festival drug checking policy
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Musicians and MPs call on Home Office to reconsider “shortsighted and dangerous” festival drug checking policy

Artists, music industry groups and more than 30 MPs are urging the government to reconsider the Home Office's short notice "disastrous decision" to implement a...

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New licence requirement for festival drug checking facilities “puts people at risk” 

A Home Office requirement for drug-checking service providers at UK festivals to apply for a special licence has alarmed promoters and organisers as the summer...

Free drug checking service now available in Berlin
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Free drug checking service now available in Berlin

A free and anonymous drug-checking service is now available in Berlin.


According to a new report by German news outlet rbb, people in...

Drug-checking services at festivals improve attendee safety, study shows
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Drug-checking services at festivals improve attendee safety, study shows

A new study has found that drug-checking services at festivals improved the safety of attendees.


The research by harm reduction and drug-testing charity The Loop...

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Drug checking services should be provided in clubs, London Assembly's Health Committee says

A new report from London Assembly's Health Committee has recommended the widespread use of drug checking services in clubs.


Published on 17th March, 'Reducing Drug...
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New Zealand becomes first country to fully legalise drug checking

Service providers and users are protected from prosecution, but the sale, purchase, and possession of illegal substances remains a criminal offence 

New Zealand has become the first country in the world to fully legalise recreational drug checking, marking a major victory for those advocating substance tests...