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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA national database of drug-related medical incidents at UK music festivals could help reduce the number of fatalities, a new study has said.
Between 2017 and 2023 there were 32 drug-related deaths at UK music festivals, including Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, Creamfields and the Isle of Wight Festival, academics have estimated.
But only 18 have been confirmed, they said. They include 16-year-old David Celino, 16, from Salford, who died after taking ecstasy at Leeds Festival in August 2022.
The teenager, from Worsley, Greater Manchester, became ill after taking the drug, which his group bought from a dealer in the Camping Plus area of the festival, and died after being taken to hospital in Leeds, an inquest earlier this year was told.
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