Experts want pilot project to test drugs at music festivals

A HSE-led report has recommended a pilot project to test illegal drugs at music festivals and a “requirement” to provide drug information and harm-reduction strategies.

The Government should set up a pilot project to test illegal drugs at music festivals – in what would be Ireland’s first-ever trial of the harm reduction tool.

But an expert committee making the recommendation said the support of the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána was “required” and said law enforcement barriers “remain an obstacle”.