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From: "A. Bushnell" <hamfriedrice@yahoo.com>
Subject: (slap) City Weekly article on parents meeting
Date: 03 May 2001 17:29:26 -0700 (PDT)
Raving against the rhetoric
Ben Fulton
News flash: Youth who attend raves arenÆt necessarily
drug-crazed, sexual deviant insomniacs. Honest,
theyÆre not.
That was the predominant tune at a recent panel
discussion inside Salt Lake City Council chambers
attended by parents, rave promoters, disc jockeys and
young ravers themselves. Call it an organized attempt
to dispel the ongoing bad rash of media hype and
law-enforcement sensationalism thatÆs quickly branded
late-night rave dance parties as bacchanalian drug
havens, followed by massage-induced orgies.
Eight rave enthusiasts shot that image down. Each had
a separate rhythm and volume level. Some spoke with so
much earnest emotion, in fact, that the discussion
almost evolved into feel-good rally of raving
proportions.
ôThe message weÆve all heard lately is that if your
kids go to raves they must be bad people. We all know
thatÆs not true,ö said a barefoot Amanda Bushnell, a
coordinator with the Intermountain Harm Reduction
Project. ôRaves are about people more than drugs. I
remember that at the first one I went to someone
bumped into me, stopped to apologize, and then we had
a five-minute conversation. ItÆs a social atmosphere
you donÆt get anywhere else.ö
Kade ôTroahö Gibb, an 18-year-old restaurant worker,
painted a picture of the rave scene with almost
Utopian strokes. ôFor me, a rave is one of the few
places I feel openly accepted, loved and appreciated,ö
he said. ôIÆve finally found the place I wanted.ö
Other panelists remarked that a place as conservative
as the Salt Lake Valley simply doesnÆt know what to
make of all-night dance sessions hosted in warehouses
with lights, booming sound systems and an open sense
of camaraderie. So, naturally, it gets demonized. ItÆs
not that raves donÆt occasionally involve people on
drugs. They do, panelists admitted. But, they pointed
out, drugs are far too pervasive in society to be the
sole domain of a rave. Like a rock concert of the Æ60s
or the soda stand of the Æ50s, a rave is a cultural
phenomenon centered around self-expression and social
interaction.
ThatÆs a tough sale for many in law enforcement who
patrol on weekend nights looking to shut down raves,
which they see as traveling drug caravans of free-form
massaging and open debauchery. As little as six months
ago the cityÆs daily newspapers focussed on
methamphetamine as the latest drug plague. Now the
enemies are rave and club drugs such as ecstasy and
nitrous oxide ôwhippets.ö
The rhetoric has grown increasingly alarmist, with
everyone from school administrators to LDS church
President Gordon B. Hinckley weighing in on the
subject. Skyline High School recently prohibited the
wearing of rave bead necklaces and other
paraphernalia. After a Salt Lake County sheriffÆs
undercover detective made the incredible claim to
Skyline students that one in three high school
students take ecstasy, the schoolÆs student council
went into panic mode, establishing a new anti-drug
campaign to fetter out so-called ôdrug-usingö
students. Presumably, that means anyone wearing rave
beads. Long before that, at the LDS church general
conference last fall, Hinckley vilified raves as
sinful drug dens that lead nowhere.
Enough already, said panelists. If the media and law
enforcement insist on labeling raves as drug markets,
itÆs little surprise that youth go to raves looking
for drugs and sex. Even some parents in the audience
felt that raves are unfairly maligned. ôI think the
Salt Lake City police are the chief disseminators of
misinformation. To say that your kidÆs on drugs if you
see him wearing rave beads is false,ö said Ilene Done,
a mother of one of the panelists. ôDrugs are out there
whether theyÆre inside or outside of raves. If weÆre
diligent parents, our kids will take appropriate
action when it comes to drugs.ö
And if they donÆt, law enforcementÆs ready to strike.
At the federal level, thereÆs talk of using the same
anti-drug law aimed at crack houses to thwart the use
of ecstasy. That means night club owners and rave
promoters might be prosecuted even if, unbeknownst to
them, ravers in attendance were selling or buying
drugs. Locally, Salt Lake County Deputy District
Attorney Sirena M. Wissler said her office has
employed undercover officers at ravesùeven at the
panel discussion, there were rumors of two vice
officers sitting in the audienceùand will vigorously
prosecute ecstasy dealers. ôWeÆre not out to stop
raves. WeÆre out to stop drug use,ö Wissler said.
No wonder the valleyÆs ravers and warehouse revelers
feel urged to mount a public relations offensive. Show
respect for security and police officers who might
show up to raves uninvited, they told all in
attendance. There were admonitions against drug use
and for open communication between parents and
children. The future might even hold an invitational
rave for members of the media, concerned parents and
anyone else who dares judge without prior experience.
Gibb, for one, sounded ready to host.
ôIÆd love to see Hinckley at a rave,ö said Gibb.
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From: Alex H <scootah2@yahoo.com>
Subject: (slap) Meeting this week
Date: 04 May 2001 21:16:27 -0700 (PDT)
Hey all!
Alrighty, Amanda's e-mail is being all cracked out so
I'm here to deliever the wonderful news!!
SLAP is having a meeting on this coming Wednesday May
9, 2001 at 6:30 PM
We will be planning for the coming events and
discussing other important news so be sure and be
there!
-Alex
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From: "A. Bushnell" <hamfriedrice@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (slap) Meeting this week
Date: 04 May 2001 23:54:50 -0700 (PDT)
Also, PLEASE RSVP and let me know if you've gotten
these emails and are planning to attend. if I don't
hear from you by monday, expect me to call and see
what's up.
Thanks, and please do your best tomake it. we haven't
had a meeting in over a month, and there are things we
are planning. your imput is wanted.
Amanda
--- Alex H <scootah2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> Alrighty, Amanda's e-mail is being all cracked out
> so
> I'm here to deliever the wonderful news!!
>
> SLAP is having a meeting on this coming Wednesday
> May
> 9, 2001 at 6:30 PM
> We will be planning for the coming events and
> discussing other important news so be sure and be
> there!
>
> -Alex
>
>
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From: "SBonage" <smaynurf@end-war.com>
Subject: Re: (slap) Meeting this week
Date: 05 May 2001 12:40:44 -0500
yup yup ill be there
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From: Michelle Milliner <MMilliner@bioexpress.com>
Subject: RE: (slap) Meeting this week
Date: 07 May 2001 09:16:48 -0600
I got your email, I have been horiibly busy at work lately but expect to be
there.
Michele A. Milliner
ISC BioExpress
800.288.2901 x. 114
mmilliner@bioexpress.com
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 11:55 PM
Also, PLEASE RSVP and let me know if you've gotten
these emails and are planning to attend. if I don't
hear from you by monday, expect me to call and see
what's up.
Thanks, and please do your best tomake it. we haven't
had a meeting in over a month, and there are things we
are planning. your imput is wanted.
Amanda
--- Alex H <scootah2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> Alrighty, Amanda's e-mail is being all cracked out
> so
> I'm here to deliever the wonderful news!!
>
> SLAP is having a meeting on this coming Wednesday
> May
> 9, 2001 at 6:30 PM
> We will be planning for the coming events and
> discussing other important news so be sure and be
> there!
>
> -Alex
>
>
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> prices
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From: "SBonage" <smaynurf@end-war.com>
Subject: (slap) sequence
Date: 20 May 2001 15:42:27 -0500
hey amanda,
something came up and i wont be able to work sequence on june 6th, so if
you could take me off the list id apreciate it.
-sarah
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From: "A. Bushnell" <hamfriedrice@yahoo.com>
Subject: (slap) Fwd: failure delivery
Date: 24 May 2001 15:08:21 -0700 (PDT)
> Just a reminder to anyone: NO literature can be
> distributed until it is approved by the newly formed
> literature review committee. This is just to make
> sure that IHRP is always being represented in the
> best
> possible light.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Amanda
>
>
> =====
>
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>
> "If I should live forever, and all my dreams come
> true
> my memories of love will be of you..."
> -Placido Domingo and John Denver, "Perhaps
> Love"
>
>
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>
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> prices
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From: Evan Done <evilconcentrate@yahoo.com>
Subject: (slap) Free Pizza on Tuesday For Everyone in SLAP!
Date: 25 May 2001 12:17:23 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Evan Done <evilconcentrate@yahoo.com>
Subject: (slap) Free Pizza on Tuesday For Everyone in SLAP!
Date: 25 May 2001 12:19:53 -0700 (PDT)
FREE PIZZA ON TUESDAY FOR EVERYONE IN SLAP ...
as long as you come help stuff envelopes. Come on down
to IHRP between the hours of 2PM and 5PM on Tuesday,
May 29th, 2001 and assist us in getting these things
sent out. You will not get pizza unless you are
activly stuffing.
-Evan
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