Drugs in raves……getting out of hand??

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

I’ve been going to raves for about 5 years now. I go for the music because I love the music. But I ignore the drugs that are there, AND THEY’RE THERE. The drugs there have gotten out of hand….

….I was reading an article the other day about how 2 people that died from the drug “Molly” which is the purest form or MDMA, or “extasy” at the Electric Zoo festival. I was shocked when I read it. SHOCKED. Because I never heard of anyone dying from it and plus I go to raves frequently. I mean you’d really have to go overboard with these drugs to die. Mollys are basically raw MDMA

and the effects are euphoria and happiness. Basically all your senses are altered. It doesn’t last that long. I think one of the reasons why people O.D on them is because they DON’T last long and these people take alot so they last….AND DON’T Drink water!!

TAKING THESE DRUGS is harmful….yeah you feel good but DAMN the risks are great….. People who use MDMA describe themselves as feeling open, accepting, unafraid and connected to people around them. They’re usually taken in social settings, especially among the rave and dance club cultures, MDMA’s effects are stimulated by visuals, sounds, smells and touch…..basically meaning that you’ll feel awesome.

….And its very rare to overdose on this. But people abuse them. Other drugs like acid or can’t be overdosed but with Mollys it heightens your body temperature because it increases your heart rate due to your heart working hard to pump blood into your body…..

…..These drugs and the people taking them have gotten out of control. As soon as it starts killing people (which I know that its the people that are irresponsible and are at fault, not the drugs) but once people start dying, something has to be done. There’s people, me being one of them, that love going to raves just to enjoy the music…..…….its the MUSIC that brings us together, not the drugs….thats only about 5% of what makes raves. The environment, music, and energy is WHY I go and everyone else does too. For the past couple of years the electronic dance music scene (EDM) has been growing in popularity so more and more people go now. In all honesty about 7/10 people are on SOMETHING, it may not necessarily be “Extasy” but SOMETHING…..since it goes back to when raves first started coming up people think they HAVE to be on something when you go to one of these things….

….NO, you don’t. People feel as though they can’t have a good time at an event….doesn’t have to be a rave but at parties as well……people drink or smoke, SOMETHING that they think is going to help them have a good time. You DON’T have to. It’s not that hard to go to one of these events such as EDC, or Electric zoo or any event….just go and enjoy the damn music man! Isn’t it simple?? Go and you’ll see what I mean about the environment….its unique.