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Proof on how important Harm Reduction is
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Well, I guess this goes a long way explaining to people (the hard way) how enourmously important it is to have harm reduction groups near big raves.
A club which hosted a big rave event in San Francisco on new years eve which nearly 10.400 people attended denied Dancesafe volentiers access with their Harm Reduction literature and testing kits, because they thought it would "look bad" if they "endorsed" the use of extacy inside their club.
Two people died that night duo to the fact that they took "fake extacy" which was not MDMA, but something entirely different, and 2 people lie sick in a hospital bed.
"We don’t run into death (from club drugs) very often, so it is unusual to have two deaths in one night," said Dr. Karl Sporer, an emergency room physician at San Francisco General Hospital
This is something that a simple extacy testing kit would have prevented, but I guess some people (I'm referring to the club owners here) must learn the hard way.
Quite sad that 2 people had to die to proof the point on how important Harm Reduction is.
A club which hosted a big rave event in San Francisco on new years eve which nearly 10.400 people attended denied Dancesafe volentiers access with their Harm Reduction literature and testing kits, because they thought it would "look bad" if they "endorsed" the use of extacy inside their club.
Two people died that night duo to the fact that they took "fake extacy" which was not MDMA, but something entirely different, and 2 people lie sick in a hospital bed.
"We don’t run into death (from club drugs) very often, so it is unusual to have two deaths in one night," said Dr. Karl Sporer, an emergency room physician at San Francisco General Hospital
This is something that a simple extacy testing kit would have prevented, but I guess some people (I'm referring to the club owners here) must learn the hard way.
Quite sad that 2 people had to die to proof the point on how important Harm Reduction is.
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The people who died were going to take drugs regardless of their legality. Though if the government allowed pill testing to take place in clubs etc., those deaths could have been avoided.
What a waste.
the government didn't stop them, the club owners did.
Including a piece of legislation with the heading R.A.V.E hmmm, I wonder who that was aimed at.
There has also been a raid using crack house laws to close down club nights and finning everyone in the club because some people were using pills. This was under the guise that customers should see that people are using drugs and then leave.
Most of these $900 fines have been overturned but it shows the lengths that the government and police are going too.
the r.a.v.e act however has been defeated
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"Last year YOU helped the Drug Policy Alliance stop the RAVE Act from becoming law. This year supporters of the draconian drug war bill are back with a vengeance. They have stopped calling it the "RAVE Act" and have stuck its provisions in a popular omnibus domestic security bill. This is a common Congressional ploy: put controversial bills that can't go anywhere on their own into important bills, so that Members of Congress are forced to vote for them.
Your help is needed to stop these disguised RAVE Act provisions from becoming law!
The bill, S.22, is sponsored by Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD). The troubling drug war provisions are in the section entitled "Crack House Statute Amendments"
ACTIONS TO TAKE
** Call your two Senators. You can contact your Senators through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. To find out who your Senators are go to: http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm.
Tell them:
1) You oppose the "crack house statute" amendments in S.22.
2) These provisions are just like the provisions in the RAVE Act last year.
3) The provisions would endanger public health, free speech, and property rights.
4) Urge them to contact Daschle's office and work to get these provisions removed from S.22.
** Fax Senator Daschle online (even if he is not one of your two Senators).
To fax Senator Daschle go to:
http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=1448.
** Please forward this action alert to your friends and family. The Senate needs to know that voters find this bill unacceptable.
For more information on the RAVE Act and how the S. 22 "crack house" provisions will affect public health, free speech, and property rights see: http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/music/rave_act.htm
Thats from Bluelight.nu