A secretĀ cocaineĀ bar, Route 36, is currently traveling around the mountains ofĀ BoliviaĀ to stay out of sight of the authorities. People are traveling to the world’s highest city, La Paz in the Andes Mountains, battling altitude sickness just to find this hidden spot.
Berghain has outlined new safety and awareness protocols for clubgoers on their website following a rise in needle and drink spiking reports.
“While it is important to note that such unwitting, non-consensual and devious assaults happen rarely, every case is one too much,” the statement reads.
The Non-profit organizationĀ DanceSafeĀ has just released updated guidance on how to safely check drugs. The instructions are shipped out with everyĀ drug testingĀ kit thatĀ it sellsĀ and can be accessed online asĀ PDFs.
DanceSafe is acclaimed for offering adulterant screening to theĀ raveĀ andĀ nightlifeĀ communities, based on harm reduction and peer-to-peer education principles. The group maintains a nonjudgmental stance to assist people who use drugs in making educated decisions about their health and safety, without condoning or condemning drug use.
London Assembly’s Health Committee published a report arguing that drug checking services should be provided at clubs and music events in London to combat drug fatalities in the city. Drug-related deaths in England and Wales are at their highest level since comparable statistics began.
Caroline Russell AM, Chair of the Health Committee, said in a press statement:
Too many people are still dying from drug-related causes in London. We investigated how to address this tragedy and find out what practical, life-saving interventions could be used to reduce drug harm in our city.
Our investigation found that naloxone could save someoneās life if it’s used quickly after an opioid overdose. That is why we are urging the Mayor to ensure the Met routinely carry naloxone, a simple and proven way to reduce opioid deaths.
Additional measures recommended in our report, such as a pilot for safe drug consumption rooms and the introduction of drug checking services, can start to bring down the growing numbers of people sadly losing their lives due to problematic drug use.
The report urges the Government to adopt a national naloxone program in England already adopted by Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It also asks that the Metropolitan police station provide officers with nasal naloxone spray when they come in contact with drug users who are in danger of overdosing.
A new study argues that a zero-tolerance approach to drug-taking at universities causes more harm than good.
The study, titledĀ Illicit drug use in universities: zero tolerance or harm reduction?,Ā was published by the Higher Education Policy Institute today. It argues that an approach based on public health and focused on harm reduction is a much better way to actually help students who useĀ drugs.
The United States is going through a reckoning. The opioid crisis, the so-called “silent pandemic,” is claiming more and more victims every day due to accidental overdoses. Unfortunately, a rise in fentanyl-laced substances seems to be the culprit. Fentanyl, which was historically found in heroin batches, is seeping into the supply of other party drugs. Consumers of these drugs are not accustomed to the potent effects of opioids and any slight amount of fentanyl in their supply can be lethal. Ā Given the dance music community’s long, storied association with drugs, you have to ask the question: what more can we be doing to keep our community safe? 6AM caught up with Lauren Flax to chat about their initiative Last Night a Deejay Saved My Life, their new music, and more.
A pill warning has been issued following the death of a 20-year-old man at Warehouse Project during the early hours of Saturday morning. Following the incident, four people were arrested on suspicion of drug offenses.
In the fight against illegal drugs in the United States, one of the most significant measures that was put forward in recent years is the Reducing Americans’ Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act. It is also quite a controversial piece of legislation, as the bill itself did not manage to pass Congress until it was retooledĀ as the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003.
Even after the passage, if you can call it that, the RAVE Act has been eliciting strong reactions from both sides of the spectrum until today. In particular, the sentiments against it have been strong and vocal as it is being criticized for its ineffectiveness in the illegal drug campaign, oftentimes touted as one of the causes for the lack of drug safety in today’s electronic music scene.
So what has made the RAVE Act a contentious law? Today, we look more closely at the RAVE Act, its provisions and the controversies surrounding it.
