Back in December, we wrote an article about the crisis surrounding the Stereosonic Music Festival after two deaths and hundreds of drug overdoses put the festival organisers under considerable scrutiny. Deaths or a prevalence of drug use at festivals have the ability to severely damage the reputation of the festival; the festivals organisers and promoters. Public, media and police pressure and backlash all increase when a festival is being questioned for their procedures for

The music festival Stereosonic has recently come under considerable fire and scrutiny after multiple deaths, hundreds of drug related arrests and overdoses during the festival this year. In the past 12 months alone there has been 6 festival related deaths in Australia. The question must be asked: are festival organisers competent and skilled enough to deal with a crisis like excessive drug use? Or should they be doing more to combat and aide the police in minimising drug use