People planning to use illegal drugs at this year’s Electric Picnic festival are being advised to take a ‘tester dose’ first and not to mix substances.
The Ana Liffey Drug Project is running a harm- reduction service at the three-day festival, which will be attended by 55,000 people.
For the second year, volunteers will provide information and materials on illegal drugs and alcohol, as well as one-to-one advice and referral to other services.
Ana Liffey CEO Tony Duffin said that the charity neither promotes nor denounces substance use, but rather responds to problems associated with it.
“Obviously, it is not safe to drink alcohol to excess; and it is certainly true that it is safer not to take illicit or unknown drugs at all,” he said.
“However, we are aware that some people attending music festivals do drink excessively and take drugs; and everyone needs to work together to reduce the potential for harm.”
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, The Irish Examiner, 22/08/18
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