Club drugs dull Ibiza’s shine


Health workers say drug-related calls from nightclubs in Ibiza are driving its ambulance services to collapse – the latest example of tensions in Europe over tourism. — Edu Bayer/The New York Times

THE emergency calls arrive at all hours, especially in the summer.

Pablo Roig weaves his ambulance through heavy traffic and past crowded beaches. He arrives at an increasingly familiar scene on Ibiza, Spain’s famed party island: drug-related distress at a nightclub.

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