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Savage, Anton and Shapiro, Harry (2023) Drug testing at festivals. Dublin: Newstalk.com.

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The HSE will re-introduce their drug safety scheme at Irish Festivals this year as part of their safer night programme. This will be the 2nd year of it running. The UK have been doing this for the past 10 years and Harry Shapiro, Director of Drugwise, joined Anton to discuss how effective is it and does it led to better safety measure around drug taking [10 minutes].

[See also, RTE Radio 1, 3 June 2023 - How do you maintain the law & keep drug users safe at festivals - Jo Hanna Ivers, Neale, Darren O'Rourke, Verona Murphy Richmond [9 minutes]

Item Type
Audio
Publication Type
Irish-related, International, Audio / Visual
Drug Type
Substances (not alcohol/tobacco), New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Harm reduction, Screening / Assessment
Date
23 May 2023
Publisher
Newstalk.com
Place of Publication
Dublin
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