http://www.emdef.org ought to have all the info you're looking for. Last I
heard, though, the N'Awlins/Freebass case had been settled and the courts
had determined that it wasn't fair of the authorities to consider things
like chill rooms, readily available water, and glow sticks to be drug
paraphernalia.
This is in stark contrast to the addendum to the new Methamphetamines
regulatory act waiting to be reviewed by the House Judiciary Committee which
I'll go ahead and quote here:
SEC. 305. LIABILITY OF PROMOTERS OF DRUG-ORIENTED ENTERTAINMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.-The Controlled Substances Act is amended by inserting after
section 416 (21 U.S.C. 856) the following new section:
SEC. 416A. PROMOTERS OF DRUG ORIENTED ENTERTAINMENT.
"Whoever knowingly promotes any rave, dance, music, or other entertainment
event, that takes place under circumstances where the promoter knows or
reasonably ought to know that a controlled substance will be used or
distributed in violation of Federal law or the law of the place were the
event is held, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or
imprisoned for not more than 9 years, or both.".
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of sections at the beginning of the
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 416 the following new item:
"Sec. 416A. Promoters of drug oriented entertainment.".
EM:DEF ought to have some information on this piece of legislation as well
within their Laws/Cases section. I urge those people who view this as an
attack on constitutional freedoms to write local, state, and federal
representatives as well as the media so that we can make it a public flop.
Also, there's a need for promoters to standardize security, medical, and
legal procedures to eliminate a lot of the problems.
peace::hoomank (rob vann | ft.worth, tx)
PS: There were several overdoses over the course of the first era of
Freebass parties, and I doubt severely that every single one of them
involved a 'candykid'. Drug abuse is a problem which spans every genre,
every form of drug (illegal or not), and most subcultures in America are no
exception. Perhaps if more time was spent saying "we are fucking up and
*we* need to fix it" instead of "look at *that* group fucking up...let's get
'em!" the situation wouldn't be quite so precarious.
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