Glowsticks are drug paraphenalia?
July 9, 2001 4:00 PM Subscribe
I would say this is the stupidest thing the gov't has done to battle drugs, but I'm sure they will do something stupider next week.
posted by bytecode at 4:49 PM on July 9, 2001
posted by bytecode at 4:49 PM on July 9, 2001
Hey! I know! Since those damn druggie kids like to dance all night long, let's make dancing illegal in this county, too! Yeah!
Problems: solved.
posted by Hackworth at 4:55 PM on July 9, 2001
Problems: solved.
posted by Hackworth at 4:55 PM on July 9, 2001
I think the last quote from this article sums up just how wrong the government is going about this:
Chasing things underground is never a good idea -- although society thinks they benefit in the short term, they will end up paying for it in the long term.
posted by rift2001 at 4:57 PM on July 9, 2001
Chasing things underground is never a good idea -- although society thinks they benefit in the short term, they will end up paying for it in the long term.
posted by rift2001 at 4:57 PM on July 9, 2001
in the right context, glowsticks could be construed as burglary tools.
posted by clavdivs at 7:56 PM on July 9, 2001
posted by clavdivs at 7:56 PM on July 9, 2001
Dude, you mean you guys have never snorted glowstick juice? Man, you don't know what you're missing!
PSA for Jackass viewers: Please don't snort glowstick juice. If you do, please don't sue Matt Haughey. Thanks.
posted by jjg at 9:09 PM on July 9, 2001
PSA for Jackass viewers: Please don't snort glowstick juice. If you do, please don't sue Matt Haughey. Thanks.
posted by jjg at 9:09 PM on July 9, 2001
This makes me utterly sick. My god.
Talk about a step back for our culture and faith in government.... Jesus.
I once went to alot of raves. I also went to alot of concerts. Drugs at both. So how come lighters weren't made illegal? Or mullets?
Excuse me while I move to a less totalitarian European country.
posted by Espoo2 at 9:30 PM on July 9, 2001
Talk about a step back for our culture and faith in government.... Jesus.
I once went to alot of raves. I also went to alot of concerts. Drugs at both. So how come lighters weren't made illegal? Or mullets?
Excuse me while I move to a less totalitarian European country.
posted by Espoo2 at 9:30 PM on July 9, 2001
So how come lighters weren't made illegal? Or mullets?
Good point, mullets should be illegal. Hahaha...
posted by Bag Man at 9:37 PM on July 9, 2001
Good point, mullets should be illegal. Hahaha...
posted by Bag Man at 9:37 PM on July 9, 2001
OMG...what utter crap
only in america would the federal government waste so much time and energy on this. i used to go to to raves pretty regularly and even promoted a smaller one.
this stuff really scares the hell out of me. at my party we knew there would be people on various substances but we did all that we could to let discourage it (ie security, printed warning about drug use on our fliers, etc). to think that i could have been arrested for planning a night of nice visuals and good music is just idiotic.
it makes me sick that the government is trying to squash an entire scene for nothing more than a political agenda. that and well...i'm also pissed that they closed down Twilo. i'd always wanted to visit that club but never managed to make it before it was shut down.
posted by darainwa at 9:41 PM on July 9, 2001
only in america would the federal government waste so much time and energy on this. i used to go to to raves pretty regularly and even promoted a smaller one.
this stuff really scares the hell out of me. at my party we knew there would be people on various substances but we did all that we could to let discourage it (ie security, printed warning about drug use on our fliers, etc). to think that i could have been arrested for planning a night of nice visuals and good music is just idiotic.
it makes me sick that the government is trying to squash an entire scene for nothing more than a political agenda. that and well...i'm also pissed that they closed down Twilo. i'd always wanted to visit that club but never managed to make it before it was shut down.
posted by darainwa at 9:41 PM on July 9, 2001
Hey! I know! Since those damn druggie kids like to dance all night long, let's make dancing illegal in this county, too! Yeah!
Better yet, make teenagers illegal.
posted by Loudmax at 9:46 PM on July 9, 2001
Better yet, make teenagers illegal.
posted by Loudmax at 9:46 PM on July 9, 2001
I don't know about y'all, but if I can't have my chemlights, then I'm swearing off drugs completely. Thanks Uncle Sam for putting me back on the straight and narrow . . .
On the other hand, no one has bashed SUV's in this thread yet.
posted by BoyWithFez at 10:30 PM on July 9, 2001
On the other hand, no one has bashed SUV's in this thread yet.
posted by BoyWithFez at 10:30 PM on July 9, 2001
I see "Vicks VapoRub and dust masks" are also considered drug paraphernalia.
That is so 1990.
posted by Mocata at 2:33 AM on July 10, 2001
That is so 1990.
posted by Mocata at 2:33 AM on July 10, 2001
By the way, the Brunet case has been settled. I can't find a link anywhere, but I'm almost positive that I read it in the Times-Picayune (N.O. Paper) less than a month ago.
I seem to remember that the Brunets got probation in turn for not holding any more raves at the State Palace theatre...
posted by fooljay at 3:57 AM on July 11, 2001
I seem to remember that the Brunets got probation in turn for not holding any more raves at the State Palace theatre...
posted by fooljay at 3:57 AM on July 11, 2001
excuse my ignorance but, why would someone use vics or a dustmask? I'm showing my lack of hipness here but don't understand why you would need either of those to party.
posted by cburton at 11:30 PM on July 12, 2001
posted by cburton at 11:30 PM on July 12, 2001
Partyers rub the Vicks under their noses for an additional buzz; the pacifiers are used to stop tripping dancers from grinding their teeth or simply as a fashion accessory; dust masks are for fashion, to enhance the effects of the Vicks -- and sometimes just to keep dance-floor dust out of their system.
It's amazing what you can find when you actually read what's in the posted link. ;-)
posted by john at 1:57 AM on July 13, 2001
It's amazing what you can find when you actually read what's in the posted link. ;-)
posted by john at 1:57 AM on July 13, 2001
I think that part about the dance-floor dust is B.S., though.
posted by jeb at 2:00 PM on July 13, 2001
posted by jeb at 2:00 PM on July 13, 2001
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