Recreational Drug Use During the Amsterdam Dance Event: Impact on Emergency Services

• Main Authors: Femke MJ Gresnigt (Author), Pedram Ghaem Maghami (Author), Pieternel van Exter (Author), Annelieke Noordhoff (Author), Tobias van Dijk (Author), Ronald van Litsenburg (Author), Frits Holleman (Author), Mark HH Kramer (Author), Prabath WB Nanayakkara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recreational drug use is common at large-scale dance events such as the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) and severe drug-related complications and deaths occur. Increasing concentrations of cocaine, amphetamine and MDMA have been observed in samples from dance events. Therefore, large dance e...