Electric Picnic goers warned about new 'pink cocaine' drug

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The HSE has issued a warning over a new 'pink cocaine' at Electric Picnic as the drug surrender bins make their return at this year's festival.

Following last year's scheme, testers discovered"strong doses" of seven new drugs, such as pink cocaine , mixtures of MDMA and ketamine, 3-CMC, 2-Fluoromethamphetamine, cocaine, and benzocaine at Electric Picnic.View this post on InstagramThe HSE is now extending its service to include Drugs.ie tents and outreach teams at three different locations across the festival which are there to offer information and support.

HSE emerging drug trends project manager Nicki Killeen has urged those going to Electric Picnic to use the surrender bins and said the new drugs on the market are"high in strength" and can pose a serious danger.:"The more drug samples we receive and analyse, the more clearly we understand the Irish drug market. So far this summer, we have had an extremely positive response from festival attendees and have analysed 133 drug samples.

 

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