You know its funny how there are never any 20/20
dateline tabloid telivised specials about the heptide
of alcoholic sports fans or amphetamine addled truck
drivers or cocaine snorting frat boys, its all about
those ecstasy ridden drug orgy rave parties. Good old
american media whipping thier republican hordes into a
god fearing war on drugs frenzy, making the example of
one persons unfortunate demise a case to crack down on
a subculture that has the potential to be morrally
hazardous to thier bible beating masses. I read in the
newspaper yesterday that the sentencing body of the
u.s. justice system is trying to make terms for
trafficing ecstasy equal to or greater than that of
cocaine or heroin!I think regardless of where you
stand in the issue of it's toxicity e does not even
come close statistically in fatalities to those two or
even alcohol, redneck americas favorite pastime. Oh
and also that article mentions that guy put Ketamine
into the mix as well. I think people do stupid things
with drugs. I think people really need to research and
be carefull with what they are using, and educate
yourself like fuck. I also think people do really
amazingly cool stuff with drugs, and I think drugs can
be a way positive thing used correctly. Humans have
been using various substances to tweak thier brains
probably since they figured out that fire thing to see
god,have fun, laugh, get laid, feel wierd,etc.In fact
you can thank acid and excstasy for the inspiration to
probably half the whacked out music we all listen to
and also unfortunatly for all the crappy electronic
stuff out there too. please save your moralizing for
Oprah Winfrey or Geraldo or some other tabloid that
cares. --- Totally 2Step
<totally2step@bombdiggity.com> wrote:
quoted 142 lines Hi Kids-
> Hi Kids-
>
> I just read this in the Sun Times. when are people
> going to start partying responsibly and respecting
> the rights of others. Going to parties and rolling
> so hard that you die is not only bad for you but
> disasterous to our scene as well.
>
> PLEASE THINK TWICEBEFORE YOU TAKE THOSE PILLS!
>
> love,
>
> t2s
>
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> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/party20.html
>
> Man dies after OD at party
>
> March 20, 2001
>
> BY FRANK MAIN CRIME REPORTER
>
>
>
> Cook County sheriff's officers were baffled when
> youngsters pulled up to their roadside safety check
> Saturday and asked for directions "to the rave at
> the Rosemont convention center."
>
> It turned out that more than 6,500 revelers from
> across the Midwest--including 20-year-old James C.
> Roberts III of Dayton, Ohio--were headed to "Live on
> the Decks 4," a dance party at the center.
>
> Roberts, who bought drugs at the party, died of an
> apparent overdose Sunday morning after collapsing in
> a Best Western hotel room in Burbank, police said.
>
> "We have preached to our kids about what drugs can
> do," said his father, James C. Roberts II.
> "Obviously, I am upset my son is dead, but he has
> responsibility because he was there."
>
> Roberts, a security manager at a store in a Dayton
> suburb, learned of the party on the Internet and
> showed up with three friends. He took Ecstasy and
> Ketamine, an animal tranquilizer known on the street
> as "Special K."
>
> Roberts started shaking and hallucinating after
> returning to a Burbank hotel where he and his
> friends were staying, Burbank police Chief W.M.
> Kujawa said. His friends called 911 and he was taken
> to Christ Hospital Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where
> he died at 9:55 a.m. Sunday.
>
> The Cook County medical examiner's office is waiting
> for results of a toxicology test before determining
> a cause of death, a spokeswoman said. Kujawa said he
> did not expect criminal charges. The chance of
> finding the seller of the drugs is remote because so
> many people attended the party, he said.
>
> After his death, Roberts' friends told his father
> that he would surf the Internet for information on
> how many drugs he could take without getting sick.
> He once went to a friend's parents in high school to
> let them know their son was taking cocaine, his
> father said.
>
> Burbank police described Saturday's party as a
> "rave." And an Internet search for "Chicago raves"
> displayed an Electronic Music Inc./Boogie Tribe Web
> site that advertised the party.
>
> But the party was booked as a "young dance, not a
> rave," said Jim Freeman, executive director of the
> Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. He
> called it a "college break-type function" and said
> his staff monitored Internet traffic to make sure
> the event was not advertised as a rave.
>
> "First and foremost, we are not rave promoters,"
> said the Boogie Tribe site. "Our goals, ideologies
> and event production attempt to defy the `rave'
> stereotype of a drug-infested, illegal warehouse
> party."
>
> The site warned partygoers not to bring weapons,
> drugs and pacifiers. Ecstasy users sometimes chew on
> pacifiers to keep their teeth from grinding.
>
> Rosemont police said about 6,500 people attended the
> event. They checked the partygoers at the door,
> finding 18 false IDs and arresting one man on a
> robbery warrant, Rosemont police Lt. Kieran J.
> Mackey said.
>
> Bobby Benkowsky, 24, owner of EQ, a North Side
> clothing store, said the dangers of raves have been
> overblown. Benkowsky sold tickets to the party and
> was there Saturday.
>
> "There's really no difference between a rave and a
> concert," he said. "The majority of the people go
> there for the music and not for a drug experience."
>
> Benkowsky said he did not see any drug-dealing at
> the event, although people were caught with
> contraband at the door and asked to leave.
>
> Last week, Mayor Daley announced a crackdown on
> Chicago building owners and managers who allow rave
> parties where illegal drugs are used.
>
> "It is very sad this young person had to die to
> illustrate the point the mayor made last week that
> it appears, at least, that adults look the other way
> when illegal activities are taking place at these
> parties," said Jacquelyn Heard, spokeswoman for the
> mayor.
>
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