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Reverse the Government’s U-Turn on On-Site Drug Testing at Festivals

Submitted on Tuesday 15th August 2023

Rejected on Monday 21st August 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Reverse the Government’s U-Turn on On-Site Drug Testing at Festivals

Petition Details

The Home Office recently introduced a law under which festival organisers who wish to offer on-site public drug testing will have to apply for a license to be able to do so. It can take up to 16 weeks for the license to be approved, at a significant cost.Festivals have been unable to offer testing.

Additional Information

Public testing saves lives. Evidence suggests that when public testing services such as The Loop are operating on site, festivals see a 10-15% reduction in drug related harm.
Certain 2023 festivals saw crystal methamphetamine being sold on site. Such a substance can easy be missold as MDMA crystals - statistically the most widely used substance at festivals.
Public testing can prevent such atrocities. Harm reduction and education will always be more effective than a blanket ban.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/640252
Allow on-site drug testing at festivals without a licence or permanent structure

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