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Why the Canadian Government Is a Fan of This Music Festival's Drug-Testing Tent

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In the picturesque Kootenay Rockies of British Columbia, a line of festival attendees forms outside a tent. It’s early August, and they’re carrying MDMA, LSD, ketamine and other substances — or so they think.

They’re actually here to use the drug-testing service offered at Shambhala, the electronic music festival that takes place each summer at the Salmo River Ranch, about 400 miles east of Vancouver, since 1998.

Operated by the nonprofit AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society (ANKORS), the service aims to help attendees make informed decisions about illegal drugs, which the festival prohibits but are inevitably snuck in.

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