Bush To Sign America's Anti-Nightlife R.A.V.E. Act

America's nightlife industry faces an uncertain future this weekend, after Congress voted to approve the puritanical RAVE act, meaning crack house laws will now be applied to all concerts, clubs and music festivals in the US.

"Property owners can be punished for any drug offence that their customers commit - even if they work hard to stop such offences," warned the Drug Policy Alliance just hours before the Bill was passed.

"This is likely to deter nightclub and stadium owners from holding events."

"Every musical style will be affected, including rock and roll, Hip Hop, country and electronic music," they added.

The bill was passed after Senator Joe Biden sneaked it into an unrelated Child Abduction Prevention Act, which allowed it the RAVE act to become law without any hearings, debates or even specific votes. Its incredibly draconian terms mean that if just one person is caught smoking a joint at a public gathering such as a club, party or concert, the organisers and property owners can be jailed for 20 years.

http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp-step=2&item=1578

http://www.emdef.org (helping to save American club culture)


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