City officials work with rave promoters to assure that paramedics are on hand or on call, that there's plenty of water readily available for free or cheap, etc. Politicians always say they're Protecting Our Precious Children. Actually they, and their cop and prosecutor cronies and thugs, are Killing Our Precious Children, and Damn Proud Of It. I am a reader of your magazine. I was appalled at the negative idea the public had on raves.
Raves are a way for the youth to escape the troubles of the world by dancing.
At a rave, no one laughs or criticizes you. But for the youth of today, it is totally comprehendible. Fifteen of the estimated 1,500 people at the Meltdown rave in Dallas were caught with controlled substances. That's only 1 percent of the crowd. To set the record straight, most of us ravers are totally straightedge people who don't do drugs.