Rave Persuasive Essay

It’s nearly 12 in the morning; I’m wearing Dragonball Z clothing and bracelets made from pony beads, called kandi, that cover both of my arms, just like everyone else around me. I hurry my way to the main stage as I eagerly wait to see one of my favorite djs from Australia. Lights are flashing, lasers are everywhere, the crowd patiently waits for DJ S3rl to take the stage and take the night away. Raves started in the 1980’s and currently still happen. People who have never been to a rave assume that raves are hotspots for drugs like MDMA, LSD, Ketamine, and magic mushrooms. Drugs can be present at raves, just as drugs can be present anywhere. People who have never experienced a rave should learn more about raves and experience what actually …show more content…
Overdoses and hospital trips can happen to anyone if drugs are not taken with precaution. Drugs can be cut with other unknown drugs and clueless dealers can sell a drug under one name when it can be a completely different drug, increasing risks of overdoses, bad reactions, and even death. A way this can be addressed is for people to test the drugs before they consume or sell them to others. Testing is as simple as purchasing a testing kit or sending them to a DEA-licensed laboratory to test the drug for a full analysis. At several raves, a company called Dance Safe will provide pill testing services to anyone who asks. Dance Safe also provides information and encourages safe drug consumption. Users are going to take drugs whether they are legal or not, keeping those people safe and informed is better than leaving them to take unsafe drugs (“Drug …show more content…
It stated that anyone who “manage[s] or control[s] any place, whether permanently or temporarily, either as an owner, lessee, agent, employee, occupant, or mortgagee, and knowingly and intentionally rent[s], lease[s], profit[s] from, or make[s] available for use, with or without compensation, the place for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, storing, distributing, or using a controlled substance” (United). This bill made it so event organizers and venue owners could become liable for any drug use that happens at their events. This law makes it unsafe for users at raves; promoters fear they will become liable for any drug use at their events and refuse to let Dance Safe and their counterparts provide for their event since they will be acknowledging there is drug use happening. Although it means good, the RAVE Act is putting more people at harm (“Drug

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