Skrillex Shut Down, Death at a Rave in Dallas

[JonathanBlake]

Just Say No!

short and sweet

[m00n]

OK OK OK

Fresh awaken from my nap heres what I saw while I was there from 5pm-1:33am:

IT WAS HOT AS FUCK! We have been seeing 100+ temps down here in the DFW with it still being in the 90's even through the early parts of the night.

They were checking/scanning ID's and making you empty your pockets, but other then that most all of the other rules were out the door as normal.. SWIM, nutted a sack of scooby snacks and his orbit thinking we were going to get patted down, negative. They just said empty your pockets, i left my phone and wallet in my pocket and took everything else out and they waved me by.. So, as usual security was, OK at best.
(random tidbit- 12th planet stood out the most overall from last night, for me..)

By 9PM it pretty much didnt matter where you went there were people EVERYWHERE. I have never seen the fair grounds so packed! People were playing in the fountain and security finally got tired of chasing people and pretty much just let them chill in it.

So i finally notice that flux & dr.P were about to come on so we hurried over to the building they were playing in only to be met by a wall of people saying they were kicking everyone out because it got too hot and people were collapsing and puking everywhere..

Either way we head back over to The Neon Garden and get ready for paul van dyk.. Its hot and crowded but not tooo too bad, either way he was on for maybe 20min if that and they turned the lights on and turned the fire alarm on and cut him off.. People werent pulling the fire alarms, the fire marshall or whoever in charge was doing it to clear the people out..

Either way we left aftetr that and went to the lizard lounge and jammed with Chuckie and 12th P. after they kicked us out..

IMO, it was poor planning by the staff or whoever should be regulating how many people should be allowed in a building.. if they would have done that in the first place when it got to capacity they could have shut the doors and let people come in as people went out.. Then the artist would have gotten to play for more then 10min before being shut down.. IDK, it just seemed like someone got greedy, way way way too many people and not enough staff/security to keep things like this from happening..

And whats all this bad batch stuff?? really?? This "rave" was no different then any other one of its size.. People were blatantly fucked up, drugs were everywhere, and being as weed is illegal in any form or fashion down here, its alot easier to sneak some pills in and just take them then it is to try and smoke...


This is def a lot of negative attention, and i will be surprised if they let EDC back after everything is looked into.


RIP to the Kid who passed, and everyone take this as a reminder.. USE YOUR HEAD, BE SMART!! Not everyone is PLUR, some people are just about the $$$$.

[mostapha]

Hyperthermia is a well documented risk of things like 5HTP, and anyway I don't think saying pills can be dangerous is going to do anyone any harm.

First, no it's not.

Second, 5-HTP isn't a drug. At least, it's not an interesting one. It's metabolized into serotonin in vivo and hasn't been shown to be behaviorally active in any meaningful or interesting way. I can show you citations for that if you want, but you won't actually be able to read anything but abstracts without paying for journal articles.

Third, the comment wasn't about drugs, it was about the adjective "dodgy." A pill doesn't have to be dodgy to cause hyperthermia. Pure MDMA–along with many other drugs–causes it as a well documented side-effect. And you'd need to know that if you wanted to even have a chance of using it with any measure of safety…unless you're willing to trust your life to getting lucky.

Saying that "dodgy pills" can be dangerous basically implies that you're safe as long as you can trust your dealer. Almost no dealer is going to say "yeah…I'm selling it as Ecstasy, but really it's a hideous concoction of Ephedrine, DXM, and carpet fresh." They've all got "really good sh**," if they're to be believed.

And if you don't know how to be safe, legitimately pure drugs may as well be mostly placebo with a few tabs of rat poison thrown in the bottle/bag for good measure.

I'm all for people being safe: I'd love to see a day when recreational use of certain drugs is legal throughout the civilized world. But continuing to redistribute the bad information that spreads through stoner circles like a virus is not going to create an environment in which that can happen. People are going to keep getting hurt or dying because they don't have a clue what they're doing.

And, frankly, BS programs like DARE and idiot stoners who get lucky are about equally responsible at this point. If you're halfway intelligent and do your research, it's really hard to overdose on a pure dose of MDMA, Amphetamine, most of the hallucinogens, or a lot of other club drugs. It's easy to have a weird reaction because of drug interactions or weird individual sensitivities…so you and the people you're with need to know what to look for. And it's really easy to get into a situation where you're no longer capable of noticing things like a core body temperature of 105 degrees F., which can be a serious problem if not dealt with quickly and correctly. It's really easy to take a hit of something and think–20 minutes later–"it didn't do anything…I guess I didn't take enough," especially if you don't know how long something it supposed to take before you feel anything.

My comment wasn't disagreeing with you that people should be careful and educated about what they do before they make a choice to do it or not. My comment was about you obviously not knowing what you're doing and needing to do some more research before your bad advice gets someone hurt.

[TommyQuiet]

Drugs and alcohol are the same
if you don't know what your doing then shit is bound to go wrong.

Everything i have done and tried has been done in a safe environment (house) with friends and i know what is too much etc... when i go out. I would never go to a club/rave where its packed 100 degrees and try something for the first time that's just stupid.And people who are selling to these kids are even worse.

[fullenglishpint]

My comment wasn't disagreeing with you that people should be careful and educated about what they do before they make a choice to do it or not. My comment was about you obviously not knowing what you're doing and needing to do some more research before your bad advice gets someone hurt.

Righty ho, thanks for clarification.

Never meant to advise or even imply that anyone should take drugs, whether they know/think they know what's in them or not. All I was suggesting was that 2 dozen people getting sick at the same time is likely to have a common cause. Maybe they all just took too many, or maybe drugs weren't even involved and it was purely down to heat and dehydration.

If anything my talking about 'dodgy' pills was intended to highlight that you never really know what's in them whatever you might buy. You're clearly very well informed on the topic, and I apologise for not being clear enough. I am loathe to be 'part of the problem'.

[MLT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCLs0jv_Efk

[grazz16]

It's usually alcohol, where I've been. I've had friends carried away for that reason–well, more like acquaintances. And I've taled to paramedics–while they weren't busy–mostly to thank them for being available at every event I've seen them at. And chatted with them.

Apparently things like "craft beer festivals" and outdoor summer wine tastings are even worse per capita…they just top out at about 800-1000 people instead of 150,000.

Yeah, things like MDMA will make you have to regulate your temperature yourself (with water, clothing, breaks, etc.) but statistically, hard drugs are a lot less dangerous than drinking too much. And no one in the US respects alcohol for what it does, especially outdoors in the heat.

This

DJ Nada: Being in the military, the thing they pound into your head shortly after you step off the bus, and forever after is "HYDRATE!!!" Being properly hydrated would cause some of these nights to be so much more pleasant, it lessens the effects of alcohol and drugs (I think...), and you don't feel like crap the next morning. Whenever I go out I'm drinking water, iced tea, juice, etc. Partying, dancing and DJing can be physically demanding, HYDRATE!

and this

I agree with what people have been saying, the club scene and drugs go hand in hand, thats just the way it is, the problem is people not knowing wtf they are doing when they start taking them. There are rules for this kind of shit: if you are gonna do E, you MUST keep hydrated and take breaks so you don't over-heat. If you are gonna do G, do a cap, wait an hour, do NOT drink any liquor. Etc...

I don't condone this stuff, but people give most club drugs a bad rap because people don't know how to do them responsibly, i.e. in moderation and taking the necessary precautions to keep yourself as safe as possible. That being said, every weekend at the clubs people absue alcohol i.e. having 8+ drinks, get sick, pass out, and in extreme cases some die, yet its legal. People just need to do a little research first: MDMA used to be a legal anti-depressant, GHB used to be a body building suppliment and used to treat insomnia i believe...aaaand Ketamine is horse tranquilizer...knowing that, do you want to put x substance your body? Do your research, know the risks and how to minimize them, then its up to you.

[photojojo]

Having a rave in Dallas in June is stupid!

[R2D2]

I think every one that does Ecstacy on a week in week out basis knows they have had those moments when you think " Fuck I think I have done to much here"

Drink water BUT not to much

Take Half a pill at a time

Keep an eye on your m8s and make sure they got your back to !

Remember you are making a choice by doing what you do nobody else is to blame if you fuck up !

Done enough in the early 90s to know

The best pills were in the late 80s its all gone down hill from then !


Be safe k ? my love goes out to you all

[joostoftoday]

Just Say No!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1i9owelB-k