With an ever-increasing amount of evidence showing there’s something seriously wrong with drug policy in the west and with further calls to adopt a more laissez-faire approach, one popular music festival is diving straight into the deep end.

As Your EDM reports, The Amsterdam Dance Event, an annual gathering of industry leaders, producers, and stakeholders involved in electronic music and the site where DJ Mag‘s prestigious Top 100 list is revealed, have announced a radical drug policy for 2015.

During the week of ADE, Amsterdam will allow punters to legally carry up to five ecstasy pills per person. This is in comparison to the rest of the Netherlands, which only allows one, already a more lenient policy than the rest of the globe.

Naturally, the news has some people concerned. “It is strange that we are so much more generous in Amsterdam in that policy,” said Marja Ruigrok, chairman of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy.

“I find five pills too much for one person. You could perhaps be well off with just one.” However, Ruigrok clarified that punters should not take the drug at all, as it’s difficult for a buyer to tell what the pill contains.

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However, fellow Amsterdam political party D66 is pleased with the policy. Faction leader Jan Paternotte believes that it is in the public’s best interest to go after the dealers rather than the users, endorsing pill testing for punters.

Indeed, precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of ADE revellers. People feeling unwell will be able to receive medical attention from onsite personnel without the fear of facing prosecution.

Meanwhile, drug centre Jellinek will be extending its opening hours and set up a city centre location where people will be able to have their drugs tested to ensure they are safe, a measure highlighted by 60 Minutes some months back.

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