Jump to content
Clubplanet Nightlife Community

An update on the RAVE act


Recommended Posts

***Leahy Drops Support for RAVE Act

Please Thank Him and Urge Other Co-Sponsors to Follow His Lead

Senator Leahy has withdrawn his support for the RAVE Act and is no longer a co-sponsor of the bill. This is the best news so far in the Drug Policy Alliance's national campaign to stop the RAVE Act. As Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, loss of his support is an encouraging sign that our legislators are beginning to understand that the RAVE Act is too broad. By no longer supporting the bill, Senator Leahy has taken a stand in support of public health, safety and free speech, and he should be commended for doing so.

Please send Senator Leahy a letter thanking him for no longer supporting the RAVE Act. It is very important that Senators be thanked when they do the right thing. We urge every voter to write Senator Leahy regardless of where they live, but we especially urge Vermont residents and membership organizations

with members in Vermont to contact Leahy.

Additionally, if you live in Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, South Carolina, or Utah, we really need your help. See below, to find out more.

Opposition to the RAVE Act is growing, but we haven't defeated it yet. Supporters of the RAVE Act will redouble their efforts to pass it - we need to redouble our efforts to defeat it.

This latest victory comes on the heels of:

Five successful raves/protests around the country, including one on the lawn of Congress (as well as in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Seattle). Organized and supported by groups such as ROAR (Ravers Organized Against the RAVE Act), Dance Safe, Freedom to Dance, AuraSF, Rock the Vote, EM:DEF, Blackkat, Drug Policy Alliance, Northwest Late Night Coalition, and dozens of other groups. For a report see:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/action/RaveEvent.html

A nationwide voter outreach campaign that has flooded the Senate with tens of thousands of faxes, phone calls and letters.

A fantastic coalition of business groups, free speech groups, and the Drug Policy Alliance that has intensely lobbied Leahy and other Senators to oppose the RAVE Act.

A fantastic media campaign that has generated news articles around the country, including the Washington Post and Los

Angeles Times.

ACTIONS TO TAKE

Send a letter to Senator Leahy thanking him for no longer being a co-sponsor of S. 2633, the RAVE Act. Thank him for supporting free speech, civil liberties, and public health.

Address:

The Honorable Patrick Leahy

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

If you live in Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, South Carolina, or Utah, please call your Senator and ask him to follow Senator Leahy's lead and stop supporting the RAVE Act. Let them know that that the RAVE Act goes too far and that it's too threatening to free speech, property rights, and public health.

Connecticut Voters: Call Senator Joseph Lieberman at 202-224-4041

Iowa Voters: Call Senator Charles Grassley at 202-224-3744

Illinois Voters: Call Senator Richard Durbin at 202-224-2152

South Carolina: Call Senator Strom Thurmond at 202-224-5972

Utah: Call Senator Orrin Hatch at 202-224-5251

Forward this to friends and family, especially if they live in Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, South Carolina, Utah, or Vermont.

If you are not a member of the Drug Policy Alliance already, please consider joining. It's only through the support of people like you that we can continue our fight to end the War on Drugs.

See: http://www.drugpolicy.org/join

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I watched the special on this I think on Sat. It has to be the craziest thing I have ever heard. If passed it will end the scene as we have all come to know it. People will be afraid to step out for fear of being accused of supporting illegal drugs and their use. It is sad that in 2002, an act like this can make it this far.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I dont know how much truth there is to this but i read somewhere that things are not looking as good as this may seem.

I read that Buzz in DC was shut down by pressure from the DEA that was intiated by congressmen that saw that Buzz was a major opposition to the RAVE Act. Buzz organized the rally on the lawn of congress if im not mistaken. Basically we know the the government has the power (like it or not) to shut down any club/venue they want to, just by ordering a raid or whatever...its sad to see buzz go and even sadder that them standing up for the scene is a main reason they are gone.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, Orrin Hatch and Strom Thurmond are really going to vote against an anti-drug act...

Nice to see a little less support.

Something funny I read in some paraphernalia protesting the rave act. Basically it said that it shouldn't be passed as ecstacy has saved lives since those same people would instead be driving drunk and causing many more fatalities a year than ecstacy :laugh: Probably the kind of message that prompted people to write the act in the first place...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...