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Sadiq Khan urged to 'follow Bristol's lead' with drug testing services across London

Source: PA Archive

Sadiq Khan has been urged to roll out drug testing services across the capital to protect the health of Londoners taking illegal substances.

City Hall Conservatives said the Labour mayor should follow the example set in Bristol last week, where the UK’s first regular drug testing service has been introduced.

A licence has allowed charities and Bristol City Council to provide a service in which people who are frequent or dependent users of like heroin, crack, benzos and spice can check that their substances are not contaminated.

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