UK. Drug checking services make festivals safer, research shows
UK. Drug checking services make festivals safer, research shows
New research has found that drug checking services at festivals reduce the possibility of drug-related harm, provide opportunities for targeted health interventions amongst higher risk drug users and, on balance, do not result in increased quantities of drugs being consumed.
Research published in a special issue of the journal Drugs, Habits and Social Policy focused on drug checking, analysed the provision of drug checking services available to hundreds of thousands of festival-goers over three years (2016-2018).
The study was the first of its kind that assessed both the positive and negative impact of providing drug checking across a three-year period. (University of Liverpool, UK, 08.11.2022)
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/11/08/drug-checking-services-make-festivals-safer-research-shows/