Tens of thousands of people have gathered since Thursday in Villegongis, in Indre, for an illegal Teknival but tolerated by the authorities. The main risk for this type of event is particularly linked to drug consumption.
All day, and all night. Since Thursday, May 18, dozens of sound walls have been installed on 73 hectares of agricultural land in Villegongis – a small village in Indre, near Châteauroux – and have the 30,000 techno music lovers who came to dance. this Teknival, like this couple from Ardèche. “In truth, the free-party is freedom”loose the young woman. “There are a lot of people who are stuck in their routine and the party is a way to free themselves, to escape a little from their daily lives.explains his companion. Many take products to hold too, because otherwise your skull will break.”
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For now, there have been during this illegal teknival, but tolerated by the authorities, five seriously injured. Firefighters, civil security and associations on site must particularly manage the consumption of narcotics. “Drugs are a fact, they are omnipresentrecognizes the young woman. There are people who die of it or who end up in the hospital because of it. And it’s sad and degrading for the image because we don’t want to convey that. But there are people who are just extremely bad in their lives and that’s their way of expressing it too.”
A welcome “without judgement”
The aim is therefore to raise awareness and inform these thousands of people about the risks involved. This is the mission of several associations present on site. “We welcome everyone who comes without judgment and with kindness, explains Fabrice from the Techno+ association, and we tell them in a very pragmatic and objective way: ‘If you do this as a practice, that’s the risks. We understand the effects you’re looking for, but there’s a risk. If you want to keep this practice, watch out for it. For example, do not mix with such other product because otherwise you will have a very high risk of finding yourself in a coma.
“It’s an event where, overall, people are quite informed and responsible. And that’s something that’s inherent in the culture of Teknival.”
Fabrice, Techno+ associationat franceinfo
Moreover, for the moment, the advanced medical post has been very little requested with just over 70 entries only, according to the latest figures communicated by the prefect of Indre, Stéphane Bredin: “It is still extremely reasonable flows for the health personnel that we are mobilizing, but we have given ourselves the means to cope this night [samedi] and during the day on Sunday, where the accumulation of fatigue and risky behavior for several days will perhaps generate an influx. Either way, we’ll be there.”
For their part, the gendarmes carried out 4,500 checks for 250 offenses observed, mainly for driving under the influence of an alcoholic state or narcotics.
At Teknival in Indre, the management of narcotics: report by Valentin Dunate
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