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cjustice
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Posted: Sun Apr 6th, 2008 06:05 am | 1st Post |
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This guide addresses problems associated with rave parties. Rave parties–or, more simply, raves–are dance parties that feature fast-paced, repetitive electronic music and accompanying light shows. Raves are the focus of rave culture, a youth-oriented subculture that blends music, art and social ideals (e.g., peace, love, unity, respect, tolerance, happiness). Rave culture also entails the use of a range of licit and illicit drugs. Drug use is intended to enhance ravers' sensations and boost their energy so they can dance for long periods.
Rave party problems will be familiar to many police officers working in communities where raves have been held; they will be unfamiliar to many other officers who have never experienced raves or, perhaps, even heard of them. In many jurisdictions, the first time a young person dies while or after attending a rave and using rave-related drugs sparks media, public and political pressure on police to take action.
In some respects, rave party problems are unique; they combine a particular blend of attitudes, drugs and behavior not found in other forms of youth culture. In other respects, rave party problems are but the latest variation in an ongoing history of problems associated with youth entertainment, experimentation, rebellion, and self-discovery.
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http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/e12011406.pdf
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mclemente
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Posted: Tue Sep 16th, 2008 08:20 pm | 2nd Post |
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I can see how Raves would be problems, but I don't see how they differ in any considerable way from your common everyday youth party, which often includes excessive drinking, often underage drinking, drinking and driving, and even drug use. While I imagine that drug use is more common on the rave scene, I would also think that the number of parties occurring on college campuses and with high school kids greatly outnumbers the numbers of raves. USA Today had an article on the growing amounts of college kids drinking and doing drugs: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-15-college-drug-use_N.htm
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I think I would tend to agree with your final comment, that this is basically just an extension of "youth entertainment, experimentation, rebellion, and self-discovery" that has been around forever, and is always morphing and often taking on new, self destructive forms.
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LTRIANABREA410
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Posted: Sat Apr 11th, 2009 01:50 am | 3rd Post |
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Although I agree with raves being similar to other teenage parties with regards to drinking and drugs, raves differ in the emphasis of expected drug use.
I recently participated in a search warrant of a business that was filling "NOZ" tanks to "party goers" of a young age. I asked them about the use of the "Noz." I noticed they thought it was no big deal and many of them stated it was an expected part of such raves.
Parents need to be aware of these dangers when their kids attend such raves.
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