The HSE have issued a drug warning to attendees at Electric Picnic after high strength MDMA was found: ‘causing medical emergencies, including fits’

by youbigfatmess

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  2. If only there was some kind of risk free way of getting your drugs checked.

  4. Do they know where about they would be at throughout EP? Just so I know to stay away from those areas…

  5. You would want something after paying over 300 quid and then seeing the line up….. Kylie and the Wolftones…..

  7. I highly suspect ‘high strength’ means it was cut with other drugs, rather than it had a high percentage of mdma.

  8. Drink water and eat food if you’re doing MD and standing out in a sunny field

    Low sodium (dehydration) and hyperthermia will ruin your weekend if you’re sweating and drinking without dioralyte and dinner. A seizure in a mosh will get you trampled before you spend the next 18 hours in ED hungover in a bright loud room

    Tho i doubt anyone at EP is browsing misery subs on reddit at half ten

  11. Hope the Gardai are happy for putting people off getting their drugs tested.

  12. If only they allowed for the safety checks for drugs without the Gardaí waiting to pounce

  13. I remember the warning about blue ghost pills at EP about ten years ago. Me and the gang were finding baggies full of pills all around the entrance from the campsite. We had a great time with no problems. Stay safe and party on.

  14. Always take a half first. And wait at least 90 mins after before deciding whether to take more. Alcohol can slow your digestion. I made that mistake once and took a second half of a strong tablet after like 40 mins. The palpitations were alarming.

  15. The only way MDMA is causing fits is if people are getting dehydrated because they forget to eat and drink.

    You’d think the HSE might mention that if they wanted to actually reduce harm rather than whatever the fuck this is.

  16. don’t forget to give ur brains a fresh coat of magnesium before fellas stay hydrated down de garda rats 🐀

  17. Really, why not just legalise it already? Clearly there’s a market for it, giving people access to a pure regulated supply seems like the most sane thing to do; not to mention it could be taxed, they love taxing everything to the hilt here.

    Surely that’d be the best way to #ReduceTheHarms.

  18. Warning: absolutely savage yokes going round!

    But in all seriousness, is “pill reports.ie/com” still a viable site? I remember using it a lot when I was younger and taking yokes… very handy to know what you’re getting yourself into. I’d recommend anyone who’s buying before or during a festival to have a quick look on there before taking anything.

  20. Have they not put this the exact same warning out the last 3 years?

  21. would be great if they

    1. defined what high mdma content is? 100mg+? cause that’s low for most people but it’s what the internet would recommend

    2. realise that it’s not the advertised drug being in the drug thats the issue, but all the other shite you can’t expect to know about (if only there was a way)

  22. Where exactly was it found? What did the guy look like? Anybody have his number actually?

  24. As I get older it genuinely makes me so extremely sad that I don’t have and may never again have the friends or social scene anymore where just taking a bit of MDMA or pills once every few months for a fun and chill night with friends without going too mental is possible. Some of my fondest memories were just chilling with friends on that lovely cloud then a bit of a smoke at the end of the night then off to bed. Life is so much more boring and lonesome these days

  25. Take halfs and Quaters kids, its not a sprint its a marathon

  26. Should really be better education with this sort of thing, I remember when I was younger people taking multiple pills or continually bumping MD like it was coke, which is really not how it works.. It’s a 1 and done type of drug that you enjoy a single doss on night out and take a break for a few weeks (or months ideally)..

    If it was decriminalised then perhaps education wouldn’t be soo taboo along with testing obviously! Been a fair while since I’ve been around that type of thing but don’t know if that’s the norm though it certainly should be

  28. All joking aside, a bloke I know ended up in hospital about a week ago, just from doing pills. He was alright after a day or two.
    But yes, there’s some interesting batch going round currently.

  29. I have no idea what MDMA is, not into the aul drugs. I remember making a killing selling it and peyote in Tokyo after a risky trip with it in my luggage. In customs I had to throw grenades at the airport police and run away. Nearly got wiped out. Drug Lord was a great game.

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