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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. Last year, the government was criticised 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. It was licensed this year for the first time, after receiving a separate licence for a permanent public checking facility in Bristol, where health professionals deliver personalised harm reduction advice to people who bring their drugs for testing.

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