Festival goers are more likely to buy drugs at a venue and have them tested prior to use if a drug-checking service is available.
“It’s kind of obvious that if drug checking is available on-site, it’s free and if it’s in the context that is non-judgmental without risks or repercussions from law enforcement, people will use the service.” “I think drug testing has become part of Shambhala as the culture of the festival, absolutely. When they write in our comments book, people talk about choosing that festival because of that service, which I thought was pretty amazing.”
of street drugs for residents 18 and older as of Jan. 31. Over 10,000 people have died of toxic drug poisoning in B.C. since fentanyl was introduced into the street supply in 2016, but fentanyl was almost non-existent in the festival drugs that were tested. Ninety per cent of drugs tested ended up being what users thought they were, but there were exceptions. Only 49.7 per cent of MDA tested included just the expected active substance, while 24.8 per cent had no trace of MDA and instead had either a different active substance, an inactive one or both.
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