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Newsbrief:
Return
of
the
RAVE
Act
1/17/03
The RAVE Act, the bill introduced
last session by Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) which would expand the so-called
"crack house statutes" to make owners of music or other venues culpable
for drug use among their clienteles, has been reintroduced, this time buried
deep in Sen. Tom Daschle's domestic security bill (S. 22). Drug Policy
Alliance, one of the leaders of the effort to kill or amend the bill last
year, notes that the Daschle bill probably will not pass in the Republican-controlled
Congress, but warns that Republicans may well place RAVE Act provisions
in one of their bills.
Last year, a broad coalition
of electronic music lovers, civil libertarians, and property owners mobilized
against the bill, which while aimed directly at the rave culture would
actually have an impact on music halls, bars, sports facilities, or almost
any other place where people gather to have fun. Now, RAVE Act supporters
such as Sen. Daschle have dropped the "RAVE Act" moniker, hiding behind
a "crack house statutes amendments" heading.
See http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/music/rave_act.htm
for further information on the RAVE Act and the S. 22 "crack house" provisions.
Visit http://thomas.loc.gov and search
for "S. 22" to read the legislation and its status.
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Issue #272, 1/17/03
The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign | The Road to Mérida: Interview with Dr. Francisco Fernandez, Anthropologist and Former Rector of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán | The Road to Mérida: Interview with Al Giordano, publisher of Narco News | Bolivian Government Represses Coca Protests, Four Dead... So Far | Ed Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Judge Blocks Mention of Prop. 215, Has Trouble Seating Jury | Canadian Prime Minister Promises Motion on Decriminalization as Courts Continue to Chip Away at Marijuana Laws | Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 15-Dec Febrero, Mérida, México | Newsbrief: Souder Pushes Partial HEA Reform, Frank to Reintroduce Drug Provision Repeal Bill | Newsbrief: Racine Caves Before the Ravers | Newsbrief: MPP "War on Drug Czar" Continues -- State Reacts to Allegations | Newsbrief: 12 Dead in Brazil as Drug Police Raid Shantytowns | Newsbrief: Mexican Soldiers Bust Narcs | Newsbrief: Colombian President Seeks Iraq-Like Mobilization Against Traffickers | Newsbrief: Some Colombian Terrorists May Be More Equal Than Others | Newsbrief: Alaska Lieutenant Governor Disqualifies Marijuana Legalization Petition Signatures, Proponents Vow Fight | Newsbrief: Return of the RAVE Act | Newsbrief: Ecstasy Rarely Kills, British Study Finds | Alan Shoemaker Ayahuasca Legal Defense Fund Needs Support | Media Scan: Washington on Forchion, Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Walters, Szasz on Drug Medicalization, Bruce McKinney, GAO on DARE | DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator | The Reformer's Calendar
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