Why some music festivals are vetting rather than banning drugs
Reports of bad drugs hospitalizing or even killing kids and young adults seem to be occurring almost daily. One recent B.C. festival, Shambhala, decided not to condemn young drug-takers, but rather to offer information and free testing, Reg Sherren reports.
B.C.'s Shambhala music festival took a different approach to the drug problem
How do you keep the kidssafe?That's aquestion a lot of people, parents especially, have been asking this summer as their children young adults most of them head off to music festivals.
Recent reports of bad drugs hospitalizing, or even killing kids and young adultsseem to be occurring almost daily.
OneBritish Columbia festival, Shambhala, decidednot to attackor arrestor even judge young drug-takers,but rather to offer information and free testing. The aim is tohelp young people make informed decisions about what they may be about to put in their system.
In the video above,CBC reporter Reg Sherren decided to investigate further to see whether this approach is working.
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