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"An injunction handed down against a group of New Orleans party promoters last Wednesday charges that glowsticks -- along with pacifiers, Vicks VapoRub and dust masks -- are "drug paraphernalia," and their presence on a dance floor is a sign that illegal drug activity is taking place."
-source http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feat...ture/index.html
HAHA
okay I laugh because it is funny about the banning of glowsticks but this is actually a really serious safety issue. The article says that some promoters are getting rid of chill rooms because the gov says people do drugs in them, not having medics because that's admitting you know there are drugs going on, not allowing groups like dancesafe to set up booths because that is promoting "safe" drug use, not even pumping in extra air conditioning because they say that means kids are on drugs, banning ecstacy tests so that a kid doesn't accidently take PMA which could kill them because *apparently* this will stop kids from doing drugs (more like more kids will die from taking something that isn't e)...yah, now there are some safe ideas.
Well on the positive side of things one small thing will come out of this for the New Orleans party scene at least, a really decent underground movement will spring up with less young kids, and less uneducated people who abuse their drugs not use them...so maybe in a way things will be safer at "raves". But then again what about the kids who start doing their drugs at house parties with no medics. The only "rave-drug" related death we've had here in Winnipeg was a girl who took e, 6 morphine pills, and tylenol 3's at a house party and her friends were too scared to take her to the hospital. As a parent what's better? Having your kid overdose at a rave and live because there were medics there or die at a house party because his/her friends are too afraid to do anything about it and figure the kid will just "sleep it off"? Yah, way to go New Orleans...this is really going to save lives.
They're right on one hand tho, kids will stop doing drugs, but not for the reasons they say. They will stop doing drugs because legislation like this is going to mean a lot more kids are going to die over the next couple years and unfortunately it's going to take a lot of deaths before kids become scared of using drugs again. I mean, if they want to slow drug use by putting kids in danger and using scare tactics and leaving more parents childless then they're taking the right route. Whatever happened to protecting our children and ensuring they're safe? I guess the new logic is "you get what's coming to you". Good thing the American government is really on their toes with this one. Next thing you know they'll be banning images of tattoos because they promote reckless behavior...or lightbulbs.
The article is long but I urge you to read through it if you're concerned at all with the implications of this. If we loose our rave culture that means we loose our potential of seeing amazing artists, the young kids - our little brothers and sisters - are going to start overdosing at house parties because there's noone to keep them safe or informed, a promoter who wants to bring in talent could be sent to jail for 25 years even if the event was 100% drug-free. We need to fight for our right to dance, it's too bad our culture isn't large enough to take to the streets like what happened in the UK. But we can still make a difference. Promoters, harm-reduction groups, djs, producers, and lawyers all over North America are urging informed, researched, and well written rebuttals be sent to the local governments of the communities that are facing problems at this time. While the US is by far facing more serious issues, cities in Canada are fast catching up with some cities not allowing dancesafe groups already. I've been lucky enough to not loose any friends to drugs but I know people who have and not one of them died at a rave or a club, these are safe havens and we need to ensure they don't go away.
Thanks for your time,
-Abegael Drake
[email protected]
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I know I'm not supposed to but I posted this in two forums because I wanted to make sure everyone had the opportunity to see it, this is a really important issue... |
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| Blik |
Vicks Vaporub.......???? What's the deal with that????
WTF??
It is official, the US sucks big time......but the is this
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(posted this also in your other thread) |
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| beroshima |
Read this last week. The US is getting to be less free than the communists had it during the cold war.
Here's an interesting spin (got it from another board):
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"This just proves my point that the electronic music community is stereotyped and prejudiced against in America.
Drugs are taken at EVERY Phish show, EVERY Dave Matthews show, EVERY hip-hop party or event, EVERY classic rock performance. NO ONE ever tries to shut down these events - they are usually allowed to just go on unchecked, unbridled, and with complete and utter freedom to the promoters.
But, if an event is going on in the techno community, be it a rave, club, or warehouse party, INSTANTLY everyone starts attacking us - the press, the t.v. media, the elected officials, etc.
Plain and simple - prejudice and unfair treatement"
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| KaNoS |
| another move from goverments to try to win a war that was lost from the begining |
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| beroshima |
KaNoS,
Being from Mexico, i'd imagine its even clearer that this 'War' is more of a 'Business', actually a way the US Government earns a profit. People are just starting to be aware of it, but the truth will probably be uncovered years from now...
Even psychologists say this isn't the right way to reduce / control drug usage...
Why else would they continue doing it? |
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| PinkLollypop |
OMG guys i feel your pain :eek:
i think i'm gonna buy myself a lifetime supply of glowsticks :eek: cause i love them so much |
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