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Man dies following suspected overdose at Pitch Music & Arts Festival amid extreme heatwave cancellation

The 23-year-old man died after being airlifted to hospital in Melbourne

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...

The Loop announces drug testing and harm reduction online training courses

The crucial UK drug checking non-profit is hosting a series of educational sessions beginning tonight

The Loop has announced a series of drug testing and harm reduction training courses. The drug checking charity and research group will be running 11...

SAFE RAVE LOGO

The organisation aims to “reach those that don’t always get the services that they need”

A new harm-reduction organisation focused on keeping nightlife safe has launched in Brooklyn. Designed around the specific needs of the club community, SafeRaveNYC will offer...

Australian harm reduction groups call for nationwide pill testing after suspected festival MDMA overdoses

Eight of the nine hospitalised attendees of this past weekend's Hardmission festival were put into medically induced comas and given breathing tubes

Australian harm reduction organisations are urging the government to support national pill-testing programmes after nine people were hospitalised from presumed overdoses at Melbourne festival Hardmission...

Photo of Glasgow’s SWG3 nightclub from above

The tragedy is the third death in four months at the club

A teenager has died after attending a party at Glasgow’s SWG3 club on New Year’s Day. After falling ill at the venue, the 18-year-old woman...

Silver Punisher pills ecstasy warning Manchester

The tablets are said to contain 2.5 times the standard MDMA dose

A warning has been issued over high-strength "Silver Punisher" ecstasy pills which were discovered at a UK venue last weekend. The tablets have been identified...

The most frequently analysed drugs have included ecstasy, ketamine, cocaine, and LSD

A free drug-checking programme implemented in Berlin has revealed that almost half of the samples tested merited a “warning” status. A total of 428 samples...

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

"This on-site testing has saved lives and the absence of it puts lives at risk", Manchester nightlife figure Sacha Lord said

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

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" 

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...

UK Drug checking

Trained testers were not allowed to operate in a last-minute u-turn that has sent shockwaves across the events industry

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...

Opioid overdose-reversing drug Narcan approved for over-the-counter sale in US

The life-saving drug will soon be available without a prescription for the first time in the US

The American Food & Drug Administration has approved overdose-reversing drug naloxone for sale in the US without a prescription. Best known in the nasal-spray form...

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

Nearly two-thirds of festivalgoers who learned their drugs did not match what they were sold as decided to dispose of the remaining substances

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...

Free overdose prevention kits to be provided in New York City clubs and bars under new legislation

"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

New York City has passed legislation that aims to prevent opioid overdose deaths in the city's bars and clubs. Titled Intro 56, the bill will...

Warning issued over high-strength, dangerous pills and fake MDMA in circulation after Secret Garden Party

The Loop has issued alerts about “Teddy Bear”, “SoundCloud” and “Ninja Turtle” pill

UK harm reduction group The Loop is warning festivalgoers over pills in circulation in the UK after being detected at Secret Garden Party this past...

Berghain outlines harm reduction and welfare protocols amid spiking reports

"Encroaching behaviour is not acceptable, drugging others is a crime and dangerous: offenders are being permanently removed from the premises and reported to authorities"

Berghain has shared resources for harm-reduction practices and guidelines for clubgoers in response to reports of drug and needle spiking at the venue and others...

The Loop details new MDMA pills in UK circulation as part of harm reduction initiative

The average strength of pills tested at last weekend's Parklife festival was 1.5 times that of the typical tablet

UK harm reduction and drug-testing charity The Loop has shared its findings from Manchester's Parklife festival, which took place this past weekend. In a Twitter...

COVID-19 and Brexit lead to rise in fake MDMA circulation, study finds

45% of samples believed to be MDMA that were tested at three festivals in England last summer in fact contained none of the drug

A rise in fake MDMA in the UK is being caused by supply chain issues fuelled by Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing police crackdowns...

UK’s first regular drug checking service set to launch this month in Bristol

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 

The UK's first regular drug checking service is launching in Bristol this month, delivered by non-profit harm reduction specialists The Loop in a new partnership...

WHP

Statistics show that drug use deaths in England and Wales are at their highest level since records began 

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...

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...