HSE issues second warning over synthetic 'designer drug' at Electric Picnic

Crowds at Electric Picnic Festival this weekend. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The HSE has issued its second drugs warning to Electric Picnic festival goers after finding a potent stimulant ‘designer-drug’ in circulation at the event.

In the warning on Sunday evening, the HSE said tests conducted by its on-site drug testing team at the festival in Stradbally in Co Laois had identified a 3-CMC synthetic cathinone substance in large white crystal form.