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Salon.com June 20, 2001 Janelle Brown |
Sell a glowstick, go to prison Authorities are shutting down 21st century raves using 1980s crack-house laws -- and turning pacifiers and Vicks VapoRub into the new drug paraphernalia... |
Reason October 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Party Poopers You thought it was bad when you heard that you could lose your house if your son planted a few marijuana seeds in the corner of your yard. That was nothing. Under a Senate bill introduced last summer, you could go to prison for letting him hold a party where someone passes around a joint. |
Salon.com June 14, 2000 Liz O'Brien |
The agony after ecstasy I took the drug for nearly a year to lift myself to euphoria. Then I crashed hard. |
Reason January 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Sex, Drugs, and Techno Music Why the rap against Ecstasy has a familiar ring to it |
Reason October 2003 Jacob Sullum |
The Chill Is On: Fighting raves, squelching speech When Sen. Joseph Biden introduced his anti-rave legislation, critics warned that it could have a chilling effect on unpopular speech, especially criticism of the war on drugs. They were proven right barely a month after President Bush signed Biden's so-called RAVE Act. |
Salon.com June 15, 2000 Ted Oehmke |
The war on information Congressional anti-drug legislation could make it illegal to give life-saving advice about ecstasy. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Jacob Sullum |
Rave Rage Despite all the pot and LSD consumed at their concerts, no one ever tried to ban the Grateful Dead. But that's what the city of Chicago would like to do to raves, those all-night dance parties featuring electronic music, flashing lights, and silly hats... |
Salon.com February 5, 2001 Janelle Brown |
The disunited states of ecstasy At an all-day conference on MDMA, ravers, researchers and anti-drug crusaders debate its pros and cons. Consensus? Just say maybe... |
Salon.com September 12, 2002 Sheerly Avni |
Ecstasy begets empathy Psychiatrist and drug researcher Dr. Charles Grob sees value in MDMA -- when it's taken in therapy, not at a rave. |
Reason January 2002 Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
Reason October 2004 Michael Erard |
Open Secrets How the U.S. government lost the drug war in cyberspace. |
Reason March 2001 Nick Gillespie |
The 13th Step Even some drug war opponents buy into its lies... |
Reason July 2003 Sara Rimensnyder |
Rave On How a bad bill becomes a law: The RAVE Act, now officially known as the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act, passed both the House and Senate in April without ever having gone through committee and without floor debate. |
Chemistry World June 12, 2013 Maria Burke |
'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research Legal controls on psychoactive drugs have hindered neuroscience research and the discovery of new treatments for brain disorders in 'one of the most scandalous examples of scientific censorship in modern times', claim researchers. |
AskMen.com Salvatore Mann |
Top 10: Rave Cities These spots offer the scene, the attitude and the massive electronic music halls for hearty partying. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli |
A Faster Pathway to Drug Approvals A thinktank called the Pacific Research Institute has proposed letting drugs approved by the European Medicines Authority onto the market in the U.S. before the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs. |
Salon.com September 1, 2000 Eric Sabo |
Chemical ravings Worried that ecstasy may fry the serotonin cells in their brains, some ravers are taking Prozac. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2010 |
Comment: Can we halt the flow of new designer drugs? Could the dangers of 'legal high' mephedrone have been predicted? Of course they could, says John Mann |
Salon.com June 2, 2000 Jeff Stark |
"Better Living Through Circuitry" In this floor-level view of the rave scene, director Jon Reiss keeps it pumping, humming, buzzing and spinning. |
Chemistry World November 2010 |
Column: In the Pipeline Should drug companies focus on big markets and the blockbuster dream? |