Mancunian Way: Rock and Roll All Nite
09.06.2023 - 15:25
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock this week (I don’t blame you), you’ll be more than aware that Parklife is taking place this weekend.
Festival boss Sacha Lord has been speaking to the M.E.N’s Ben Arnold about what’s in store for the 80,000 people expected to grace Heaton Park for music and fun.
One of the big discussions around Parklife each year is how bosses keep people safe during the weekend, especially revolving around drug use. The festival, as well as the Warehouse Project, has a long-standing partnership with non-profit drug testing organisation The Loop, which tests drugs on site and can feed back information to the public in real time.
It led to details being released during last year’s festival of fake ecstasy pills and a range of new MDMA pills that were ‘1.5 times the average adult dose’. Lord says that this type of drug testing, alongside ‘common sense’, is the best way to deal with drug use at the festival.
“I believe the way we deal with [drugs] is the right way,” he says. “We have drug testing on site, and if we see something that concerns us, we’ll put it out on social media. I’m adamant, and I’ll die on the hill saying this, that is the right way to do it.”
What’s On writer Ben has also been given a first-look around the Parklife site, which you can take a nosey at right here.
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