[Vice] | Inside the UK's First City Centre Drug Testing Facility

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Written By Mark Sweeney

At Bristol's Love Saves The Day festival, news spreads on Sunday morning that two people have died after taking "dangerous high strength" drugs at Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth.

Outside the tent run by charity The Loop – where festival-goers can get their drugs tested for purity and strength – 67-year-old Chris Lark says: "There were two people killed yesterday, so if [The Loop's work] stops two people dying, it has to be a good thing." [Read more]

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