Anyone here who has spent any time researching the war on drugs knows the strong parallels between the WOD and the war on guns. You know, the demonization by the government and the media. The complete loss of such things as the fourth amendment, due process and so on. Entrapment as a viable tool to root out said evil. Etc etc.
Whats worse is the "freedom-loving" republicans are gung-ho to ban anything they find unacceptable such as dancing to music they don't like. I mean this stupid law is being promoted with the catch phraise, "If it just saves one child." Gee, where have we heard that before?
With that having been said, this article really upsets me.
Bob Graham (D-FL) and his Republican
colleague in the house have introduced federal legislation to
soup up anti-E funding. It also pressures cities into restricting
"rave clubs" (whatever that means) by prioritizing those
municipalities for Public Health Service grants.
http://www.alchemind.org/DLL/sb1208_index.htm
Now check out the actual text of the bill's third section:
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ECSTASY ABUSE PREVENTION.
Section 506B(c) of title V of the Public Health Service Act
is amended by adding at the end the following:
'(3) EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS-(A) IN GENERAL- In addition to the priority
under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall give priority to
communities that have taken measures to combat club drug use,
including passing ordinances restricting rave clubs, increasing law
enforcement on Ecstasy, and seizing lands under nuisance abatement
laws to make new restrictions on an establishment's use.
'(B) STATE PRIORITY- A priority grant may be made to a State under
this paragraph on a pass-through basis to an eligible community.'
What this means is that the federal government will be bribing
your town to seize your venue, or to ban spaces like it outright.
Note that they make no effort to define what might constitute a
"rave club."