HSE to operate harm reduction tents at dance festival as high potency drugs circulate

The HSE Safer Nightlife harm reduction tent at EP this year Two HSE drug harm reduction teams will operate among the crowd at the two-day DX Festival at the Palmerstown House Estate at Johnstown, Co Kildare. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
The HSE is operating two harm reduction teams and a drug-checking service at a major dance music festival.
Addiction experts are again warning potential drug users of high potency MDMA, or ecstasy, in circulation as well as new forms of ketamine, a powerful hallucinogenic, and ‘pink cocaine’, which contains a range of drugs.