Help Not Harm is taking a smart approach to help those who over-indulge or take drugs at Electric Picnic.
Music festivals in Ireland are generally a time when people unwind. Usual societal rules are thrown out the window as people go for three days without showering and insist on having Jaffa Cakes and Jaffa Cakes only for every meal. But a major part of music festivals is the sessioning that goes with it (which usually means people drinking to excess and taking drugs), and, for some, that can seriously impact on their personal safety.
DCU’s Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) has been distributing the SeshSafe kits, which include drug-testing kits and information packs, across universities in Ireland all year to promote safe drug use. Along with Help Not Harm, an organisation that advocates for treating drug use as a health issue and not a criminal issue, SSDP wants to see facilities at festivals that make sure that those who do take drugs are doing so in the safest way possible, and that they won’t hesitate to seek help if they need it.
Source: irishtimes.ie, 25/08/2017
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