Music fests tuning out drug-checking services for now
At an electronic music festival held on a mountain ranch in British Columbia, what started as a two-person booth 15 years ago has grown into a nearly 60-person harm-reduction team.
Operating out of a large tent at the Shambhala Music Festival, they now offer extensive information about different drugs and the risk of mixing them, and supply condoms, needle kits and straws for safer snorting.
And among the services offered since the beginning is one that now regularly draws hour-long lineup
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