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do not know what caused two deaths nightclub last weekend, but a Dutch system of drug testing in the trust can help

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two deaths at the weekend at party headquarters were once again with suggestions to the police because the drug is ecstasy that can be a contamination "" Batch. Speculation about the cause of these tragic deaths is unnecessary, and recent experience has shown mephedrone preliminary comments are often very bad, we know the truth until toxicology results are reported.

designer drugs users are encouraged to attend the emergency departments of hospitals if they feel sick, which is generally good advice for anyone who feels ill after taking drugs, legal or of control. While the death of MDMA are very rare after the instigation of the rules of health promotion such as free water and chill-out rooms in the dance clubs, are still very regrettable and very worrying for the family and friends. So there is something you can do to reduce risks to users of this and other recreational drugs?

is a question independent of the Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) has discussed in detail in recent years, in which we have evidence of good practice elsewhere. We must abandon the current approach to government based on fear of damage covered by the ignorance of that drug users are the main theme. This failed and will continue, so that girls are relatively few potential threats to health. You can even make things worse so often of young drug users are afraid to seek medical help for themselves or their friends because of threat of police harassment.

Unfortunately in the UK, do not apply to something as sophisticated and logical. Instead, we rely on a test purchase and some amnesty bin surveys to gather information - and no clear direction can be given to measure. The medical examiner system in the UK is slow, often months after the death for the analysis of drugs in the body from over and it's usually months before the final evaluation, the judge of the contribution of death is has been reported. The proposed reorganization of the current medical examiners and the dissolution of the Forensic Science Service, which provide most of the analysis tools for the detection of drugs will make the situation even worse. The new proposed early warning system announced as part of new drugs has not been made and, without investing in a structured approach is unlikely to be useful, except in retrospect.

when I was chairman of the Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, I wrote to then Minister of the Interior Smith, Jacqui, suggesting that the UK could benefit from conversation with Dutch experts on your system and the basis of evidence that has emerged from it during the last decade, I received a very clear message that the government had no interest in this approach.

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