The health board have issued an urgent warning to festival goers
Image via Instagram/@epfestivalThe HSE has issued an urgent warning that "high strength" drugs have been identified at Electric Picnic.
The drug testing team at the festival said the tablet, known as the Mybrand purple skull
It contains around two times the average adult dose.
The HSE has set up a lab at the Electric Picnic site in Stradbally in Co Laois for the first drug monitoring programme.
It's so they can analyse drugs to provide real-time information in a festival setting.
The @drugsdotie team are issuing caution from #EP2022.
The lab on-site has identified Mybrand purple skull pill which is approximately two times the average dose.
Please exercise caution. Visit https://t.co/Z58KqtOZpU.#ReduceTheHarm pic.twitter.com/zvYuix8hnm
— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) September 2, 2022
