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The Festival Drug Test Debate

For nearly a decade, music festivals have been testing drugs - and alerting crowds to any especially dangerous batches.

This year they've had to stop. We find out why.

Politicians from both sides are challenging the government's position on drug checking - where confiscated pills are tested, and the crowd are alerted to especially dangerous batches.

Music journalist Will Chalk heads to Westminster, to find out why.

Is it a way to save lives? Or does it encourage the use of illegal drugs?

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