Drug testing at ‘safe spaces’ at Electric Picnic

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2024/0815/1465087-electric-picnic-drug-harm-reduction/

Posted by youbigfatmess

7 Comments

  1. >Gardaí have issued a warning to those attending Electric Picnic this weekend about the danger of drugs following concern over the rise of synthetic drugs in Ireland.

    >”Drugs are illegal, and they are illegal for a reason. That reason is because they can cause death and serious harm” said Superintendent Eamonn Curley from Portlaoise Garda Station.

    So are the Gardaí promoting the drug checking, or promoting the fact that they are still enforcing personal possession laws at the festival? Not sure the two are all that compatible.

  2. Fantastic_Section517 on

    Don’t drop a tab kids it’s dangerous.

    A better idea is to skull 45 Jagerbombs instead.

    Be grand.

  3. What is to stop Gardai just standing at the drug testing safe space and checking everyone going in and out. Is a HSE worker going to tell a guard to move on?

  4. MrFrankyFontaine on

    If it’s anything like All Together Now, there will be sniffer dogs and random mucka Garda with backpacks and 0.0 pints everywhere conducting random searches. Be safe out there