Drug charity The Loop says young festivalgoers are particularly at risk as potency of pills returns to pre-pandemic levels
Super-strength ecstasy pills containing potentially life-threatening levels of MDMA are in circulation in the UK for possibly the first time in five years, a non-profit has warned ahead of, has urged revellers to be cautious after testing ecstasy pills containing more than 300mg of MDMA, with average strength levels returning to pre-pandemic levels.
“The safest option is not to take pills. However, if someone is going to take them, it is safer to start with a quarter,” he added. “Wait at least 90 minutes before re-dosing, and do not assume that pills of a similar design have the same contents. Pills which look very similar can have different contents and be of differing strengths.”samples of green, purple and grey-coloured ecstasy tablets which had either been seized by police or placed in amnesty bins.
Ecstasy is a class A drug in the UK, alongside heroin, cocaine and others, and the maximum penalty for supply or production is life in prison and/or an unlimited fine. Possession can result in up to seven years in prison, and/or an unlimited fine.for effectively blocking The Loop from providing a non-public checking service at Parklife, which it had offered since 2014, without a specific Home Office licence but with the blessing of local authorities.
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