Warning issued over super-strength ecstasy pills ahead of Glastonbury festival

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 Glastonbury festival this weekend.

The Loop, which has recently conducted drug checking at Manchester's Parklife festival and in Bristol, 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.