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Title: Buzz Kill: LA County Wants You To Take Ecstasy Safely
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CBS Los Angeles
URL Source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011 ... ts-you-to-take-ecstasy-safely/
Published: Feb 7, 2011
Author: CBS
Post Date: 2011-02-07 19:33:03 by Hondo68
Keywords: Electric Daisy Carnival, rave dance parties, ways to avoid overdosing
Views: 1843
Comments: 1
(Getty Images) LOS ANGELES (CBS) —The glow-stick industry may be buzzing over the latest public service announcement from Los Angeles County, but some say it amounts to an backhanded endorsement of illicit drug use. Amid ongoing debate over safety and security measures at rave dance parties held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, county health officials have quietly launched a campaign to offer guidelines for safe use of MDMA, more popularly known as "ecstasy". Officials plan to distribute leaflets such as the one pictured below at upcoming events with tips on ways to avoid overdosing on what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classifies along with PCP and mescaline as a Schedule I narcotic. LA County is set to debut this flyer on "Ecstasy: How To Minimize Potential Harms". (credit: LAWeekly.com) The death of a 15-year-old girl and hundreds of injuries at the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival held in the publicly-owned Los Angeles Coliseum in June 2010 sparked a public backlash over the potential safety hazards of hosting upwards of 180,000 young people, but the Coliseum Commission says it intends to move ahead with the event this year.
Poster Comment: Knowledge is good, but a privately funded organization should be providing it, not government.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Chemically, Ecstasy has a whole lot in common with the point called Meth. It is a very foolish poison to get involved in. I planted trees and fought fires for many years and all too many of my brethren forest workers got caught in the trap this variety of drug is. Many are dead, more are permanently scarred mentally and physically, and I never trust anyone again once I know they are involved with this stuff.
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