Covid and crackdowns also blamed as researchers find half of pills sold as MDMA at festivals in England contained none of the drug
and co-lead author of the study, said: “This is the first peer-reviewed article that confirms there was an unprecedented shift in the quality of UK ecstasy following Brexit and the lockdowns. As well as noticing this effect at festivals, the study also presents wider UK data that confirms the same effect was seen across the whole country.”whose researchers visited three English music festivals last summer and tested hundreds of pills that buyers had believed were MDMA in a mobile laboratory.
Pascoe said: “During this unprecedented turbulence in the drug market, substances that look like MDMA were mis-sold to unknowing customers.”