A 20 year-old man is warning Electric Picnic goers not to take drugs this weekend.
A 20 year-old man is warning Electric Picnic goers not to take drugs this weekend.
Brandon Webb suffered a minor stroke and had 300 seizures in the space of an hour after taking MDMA in Stradbally last year.
Gardaí seized Cocaine, Ketamine, LSD, and MDMA within minutes of the gates of the festival opening yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Webb says the aftermath was nearly fatal:
The Kildare man was given CPR at the Stradbally site and was rushed to Naas Hospital.
He says he was put in an induced coma and the doctors told his family to prepare for the worst:
According to the HSE, drug-testing kits give recreational drug users a false sense of security.
The kits are used to check if a substance is what it’s supposed to be.
There are calls for the kits to be provided at Irish festivals.
But Dr. Eamon Keenan from the HSE’s addiction service says they’re unreliable:
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