Drug-checking stations confirmed for summer festivals
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The summer festivals have been given the all-clear to have drug-checking stations on site to test whether people's pills have been laced with pesticides or paint compounds.
The government has announced it will rush through legislation under urgency to bring the service out of the shadows before Christmas.
Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.