People going to Electric Picnic warned about increased strength in drugs at festivals

People thinking of taking ecstasy at this weekend's Electric Picnic are misguided if they think snorting supposedly “purer” ecstasy powder is safer than tablets, one of the country's leading experts on drugs has said.

People going to Electric Picnic warned about increased strength in drugs at festivals

People thinking of taking ecstasy at this weekend's Electric Picnic are misguided if they think snorting supposedly “purer” ecstasy powder is safer than tablets, one of the country's leading experts on drugs has said.

Dr Eamon Keenan, head of HSE addiction services, said the “real problem” was the increased strength of MDMA (ecstasy), in both tablet and powder form.

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