Fentanyls are creeping into the UK drug supply and the risks they pose to people who use drugs have become one of the major public health concerns of 2017. Fentanyls…
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This article was originally published by Release under the title ‘UK festivals & sniffer dogs: their regulations, your rights‘ and is republished here with their kind permission. Festival season is…
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We are delighted to be partnering again with the Adam Smith Institute, and for the first time with the Night Time Industries Association, to present a fringe event at this year’s…
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Industry News
The United Patients Alliance Announced A Promising Speakers List For Its Medical Cannabis Conference
This Saturday 30 September, the Medical Cannabis Conference and Annual General Assembly of the United Patients Alliance will host a series of talks from different experts. The panel includes a…
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Statistical releases on drug-related deaths in the UK hold few surprises these days. So, it was with a heavy sense of inevitability that I opened the Office for National Statistics’…
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Yesterday, the House of Commons debated national drug policy, following the government’s announcement of their “new” drug strategy last week. It received biting criticism from both sides of the house,…
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Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK…
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Last year I shadowed The Loop as they offered their pioneering front-of-house drug testing programme in Manchester at one of The Warehouse Project’s club nights. As someone who is particularly passionate about…
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Industry News
READ: Joint Letter to The Times Calling on Parties to Address Current Drug Policy
by Henry FisherThis Saturday, 3rd June, The Times published our joint letter calling on all political parties to address the problems of current drug policy in the UK, as laid out in our…
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Features
Pentylone: What is it, why should we care and how can Multi Agency Safety Testing help?
by Web TestThe Loop has conducted drug safety testing for partner agencies behind the scenes, since 2013, and for the general public, since 2016, through our Multi Agency Safety Testing (MAST)…