Home Office U-turn on festival drug tests ‘puts people at risk’
by Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6C6P7)
Exclusive: Festival organisers say onerous new licence rules for onsite drug testing could endanger lives
The Home Office has been accused by leading festival organisers of endangering the lives of revellers after in effect blocking on-site drug testing last weekend.
The Parklife festival in Manchester last weekend was for the first time since 2014 unable to test confiscated pills because the government department said they needed to apply for a special licence.
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