A man has died after a suspected drug overdose at Australia's Pitch Music & Arts Festival. The 23-year-old was airlifted to Melbourne's Alfred Hospital in...
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The 23-year-old man died after being airlifted to hospital in Melbourne
The crucial UK drug checking non-profit is hosting a series of educational sessions beginning tonight
The organisation aims to “reach those that don’t always get the services that they need”
Eight of the nine hospitalised attendees of this past weekend's Hardmission festival were put into medically induced comas and given breathing tubes
The tragedy is the third death in four months at the club
The tablets are said to contain 2.5 times the standard MDMA dose
The most frequently analysed drugs have included ecstasy, ketamine, cocaine, and LSD
"This on-site testing has saved lives and the absence of it puts lives at risk", Manchester nightlife figure Sacha Lord said
Fatboy Slim, Billy Bragg and Metronomy's Olugbenga Adelekan, as well as 30+ MPS, call the short-notice "disastrous decision" to add a special permit process for festival testing facilities "short-sighted and dangerous"
Trained testers were not allowed to operate in a last-minute u-turn that has sent shockwaves across the events industry
The life-saving drug will soon be available without a prescription for the first time in the US
Nearly two-thirds of festivalgoers who learned their drugs did not match what they were sold as decided to dispose of the remaining substances
"This bill will put lifesaving tools into the hands of more New Yorkers and train them on how to save lives," Mayor Eric Adams' office said
The Loop has issued alerts about “Teddy Bear”, “SoundCloud” and “Ninja Turtle” pill
"Encroaching behaviour is not acceptable, drugging others is a crime and dangerous: offenders are being permanently removed from the premises and reported to authorities"
The average strength of pills tested at last weekend's Parklife festival was 1.5 times that of the typical tablet
45% of samples believed to be MDMA that were tested at three festivals in England last summer in fact contained none of the drug
Award-winning organisation The Loop is partnering with the local authority, Bristol Drugs Project, and People's Republic of Stokes Croft in a huge step forward for harm reduction in Britain
Statistics show that drug use deaths in England and Wales are at their highest level since records began
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...