In a survey about upcoming music festival attendance in the Netherlands, one in five of the respondents said they expect to take more drugs this year than usual because with the exorbitant ticket prices, getting high is a better value than spending the money on overpriced food and beverages.
"For 20 euros you have an ecstasy pill and a whole day of water at a festival. With beer and food you spend three or four times as much," one person commented.
From EenVandaag (via Google Translate):
One in five (19 percent) see themselves using more drugs than they normally do. These are mainly young people who use drugs more often when they go to a festival: no less than half (51 percent) of them say that they will use (more) this year.
"For 20 euros you have an ecstasy pill and a whole day of water at a festival. With beer and food you spend three or four times as much," writes one participant. 43 percent of festival goers say they plan to drink less or buy cheaper drinks. A quarter will eat less or cheaper.
