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	Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstacy Act, commonly known as the RAVE Act, was a bill proposed in the United States Senate during the 107th Congress.
		The Act also would have created a civil penalty of $250,000 or "2 times the gross receipts, either known or estimated, that were derived from each violation that is attributable to the person.", whichever was greater.
		Additionally, the Act recommended that the United States Sentencing Commission reconsider the then-current Federal sentencing guidelines with respect to offenses involving Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, commonly known as the date rape drug.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAVE_Act (521 words)

	Rave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Section 65 allows any uniformed constable who believes a person is on their way to a rave within a five-mile radius to stop them and direct them away from the area; noncompliant citizens may be subject to a maximum fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1 000).
		The Act was ostensibly introduced because of the noise and disruption caused by all night parties to nearby residents, and to protect the countryside.
		Raves were also overshadowed in the press after the deaths of Leah Betts and Anna Wood, teenagers who died after taking ecstasy; journalists emphasized on the drug use of the victims, even though both victims died of water intoxication.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rave (5933 words)

	RAVE Act of 2002 (S.2633) Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act of 2002
		The RAVE Act (Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy) was introduced in the Senate on June 18th, 2002 and passed the Senate Judiciary Committee a week later, without a public hearing or recorded vote.
		Tens of thousands of voters faxed or called their Senators and protests in opposition to the RAVE Act were held in cities around the country, including a rave and protest on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on September 6th.
		The RAVE Act was not passed before the 107th Congress adjourned at the end of 2002 therefore did not become law in 2002.
	www.emdef.org /s2633 (3107 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Dance, Music and Entertainment
		The RAVE Act which threatens to squash live music and free speech was passed in 2003 when it was tacked onto an unrelated child protection bill.
		The "RAVE" Act, also referred to as the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003, was introduced as an addition to the Child Abduction Protect Act of 2003, widely recognized as the AMBER Alert bill (S151).
		In July 2005 the Alliance submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Justice for information on how the RAVE Act is being used, in order to determine whether it is being abused by prosecutors.
	www.drugpolicy.org /communities/raveact (767 words)

	JOHNNY PHILKO :: Organizations calling for Repeal of the Rave Act
		On top of all this, the RAVE Act is a violation of the First Amendment, because it deliberately targets a particular form of musical expression for prosecution based on content.
		The RAVE Act unfairly punishes business owners for the crimes of their customers and is unprecedented in U.S. history.
		Now, dancing could be illegal.The RAVE Act is an extension of the Controlled Substance Act, or the “crack house statute.” The point of this legislation is to prevent drug use and distribution by targeting those who are responsible for putting on raves like promoters, venue managers and landowners.
	www.johnnyphilko.org /raveact.htm (1211 words)

	DamnSam.com - Rave Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The "RAVE" Act provision was attached to the AMBER Alert legislation during committee after it had passed through both the House and the Senate.
		Biden's RAVE Act was co-sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Strom Thurmond (R-NC).
		The RAVE Act threatens free speech and musical expression while placing at risk any hotel/motel owner, concert promoter, event organizer, nightclub owner or arena/stadium owner for the drug violations of 3rd parties - real or alleged - even if the event promoter and/or property owner made a good-faith effort to keep their event drug-free.
	www.damnsam.com /raveact.html (3746 words)

	AlterNet: Chemical Warfare: The RAVE Act
		But the RAVE Act is widely considered to be the government's most aggressive front so far toward club drugs and the party scene in general.
		Removing drugs from raves, and from American nightlife in general, is not possible -- not without a total revolution in the way people view their nocturnal social scene, and certainly not with a bill so stark and simplistic as the RAVE Act.
		And because the RAVE Act is basically the War on Drugs brought down to a more focused level, it will fail in its goals just as the War on Drugs has, but in a more focused way.
	www.alternet.org /story/14259 (2793 words)

	Rave Downloads - Download Rave Music - Download Rave MP3s
		Raves were underground parties where acid house and hardcore records were played and large quantities of drugs -- particularly ecstasy -- were consumed.
		Raves were primarily an English phenomenon during the late '80s and early '90s.
		Eventually, the British government became concerned that raves were a dangerous, antisocial phenomenon that had to be shut down, but the parties never disappeared, especially since word of the events were usually passed through word of mouth and handmade fliers.
	www.mp3.com /genre/267/subgenre.html (2305 words)

	dj forums - The Worldwide DJ Community < Articles < (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The RAVE Act is an attempt by legislators to reduce the illegal use of MDMA (ecstasy) and other drugs by broadly expanding Section 416 of the Controlled Substance Act, also known as "crack house" statute.
		This act may sound innocent enough, but the purpose of the bill is clear: Concert promoters will be held criminally and civilly liable for any drug use that may occur on premises they are operating.
		As proven, this RAVE act is an obvious violation of free speech, is so extremely vague that it will cripple the entertainment industry, and will even endanger the lives of America's youth.
	www.djforums.com /articles/030313_raveact.php (1433 words)

	Dave Kopel & Glenn Reynolds on RAVE Act on National Review Online
		Last year, there was a big push in Congress to enact the so-called "RAVE Act," sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (D., Tex.) as H.R. and in the Senate by Joseph Biden (D., Del.).
		Both lead sponsors were very forthright; the very title of the bill announced its intention to go after "raves" — dance parties popular with Generations X and Y. But the "RAVE Act" aroused enormous opposition, so much so that the Senate Judiciary chairman withdrew his co-sponsorship of the bill.
		Under a federal system, it is supposed to be state and local governments, and not the federal government, that deal with matters of local law enforcement.
	www.nationalreview.com /kopel/kopel013003.asp (1103 words)

	Draconian RAVE Act passes : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The “RAVE Act” legislation was introduced in a conference committee as an attachment to Senate bill 151, widely referred to as the AMBER Alert bill, legislation about child abduction that has nothing to do with drug policy issues.
		It is important to note due to overwhelming opposition to the "RAVE Act" legislators were forced to remove some of the most egregious language before it passed.
		The "RAVE" Act threatens free speech and musical expression while placing at risk any hotel/motel owner, concert promoter, event organizer, nightclub owner or arena/stadium owner for the drug violations of 3rd parties — real or alleged — even if the event promoter and/or property owner made a good-faith effort to keep their event drug-free.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=1599610 (693 words)

	The RAVE Act Has Landed (News) Phillip S. Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The DEA used the new RAVE Act to shut down a May 30 benefit concert for two Montana groups advocating marijuana legalization, proving critics’ fears that the law would not only be used to keep kids off ecstasy, but as a tool to silence drug war opponents.
		The RAVE Act, authored by Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), was intended to target the electronic music shows, called raves, which are known for open use of the drug ecstasy, by making it a crime for the owner of a venue to knowingly host an event where illegal drugs are used.
		The RAVE Act is being used to suppress political speech.
	www.utne.com /webwatch/2003_68/news/10599-1.html (301 words)

	Magazine & Expo Forums - RAVE Act passes
		It took 10 months, a change in control of the Senate, backroom maneuverings, and substantial changes to the bill, but the RAVE Act was stuck onto the AMBER Alert Bill conference report at the very last minute by Senator Biden (D-DE), its original sponsor, and passed a short time later.
		The RAVE Act had not passed a single committee in the House or Senate this year and will become law without any public hearing or opportunity for input.
		For example, the word "rave" was removed from the version of the bill that passed, eliminating discrimination specifically targeted at electronic music and dance.
	testa.com /Forums/showthread.php?s=edd81bb4d93bbc759598b06a7b9d23db&threadid=17 (1178 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Legislative History of the RAVE Act
		The RAVE Act was first introduced in the Senate in June 2002.
		Not even a month after the RAVE Act had become law, a federal agent in Montana used it to shut down a benefit to raise money for Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
		Opponents of the law are working to repeal the RAVE Act or amend it to better protect free speech, public safety, and innocent property owners.
	www.drugpolicy.org /communities/raveact/legislative/index.cfm (838 words)

	04.23.03: Greens Urge Repeal of 'Rave Act' Legislation
		The Rave Act legislation was passed after Sen. Joe Biden (D.-Del.) attached it to an unrelated piece of legislation, the "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003" or PROTECT Act to establish a system of measures in the event of child abduction.
		Opponents of the Rave Act, including the Drug Policy Alliance, note that the bill had not passed any committees in the House or Senate this year.
		Greens have urged repeal of current anti-drug laws and an end to the 'war on drugs' in light of civil liberties, the need for addiction to be addressed through medical attention rather than incarceration, and the harm that anti-drug laws have caused through the perpetuation of a violent drug trade.
	www.gp.org /press/pr_04_23_03.html (418 words)

	DVMX: Party Over- RAVE ACT Passed
		The latest incarnation of the RAVE Act punishes drug users and bystanders alike -- and tramples civil liberties.
		Piggybacked onto the act was the Anti-Drug Proliferation Act, a thinly veiled rewrite of legislation that had proved so controversial in 2002 that it failed to pass a single congressional committee.
		Last year, the Anti-Drug Proliferation Act was known as the RAVE Act (the leadenly acronymed "Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act"), a piece of legislation designed by Biden in early 2002 to put rave promoters out of business.
	www.dvmx.com /partyover.html (483 words)

	Chemical Warfare: The DEA Wants to Crash Your Favorite Party: Feature Story at Metro Weekly magazine - News articles ...
		And smaller venues point out that the act could be used by authorities to shut down bars and clubs of any type, not just raves -- a fact that has galvanized promoters of gay bars and parties across the country.
		That act expands the 1986 "crackhouse laws " to target promoters who "knowingly and intentionally " throw a party where drugs are present.
		Some fear that under the RAVE Act, so much as an ambulance kept on-site at a party could be used by prosecutors to insinuate that the promoter knew there were drugs present.
	www.metroweekly.com /feature/?ak=113 (3122 words)

	Nightlife: RAVE On (Seattle Weekly)
		If someone throws a rave in a SoDo loft, 300 kids show up, and one is pulled over when leaving and found to have contraband in his back pocket, not only is he in deep shit, but the promoter could face felony charges, 20 years in prison, and a quarter-million dollars in fines.
		According to the lodge's manager, the agent waved a copy of the RAVE Act while threatening the lodge with repercussions if anyone was found with a joint at the concert.
		RAVE is a tacit admission of the drug war's failure.
	www.seattleweekly.com /diversions/0344/031029_nightlife_raveact.php (750 words)

	Anti-RAVE ACT Petition
		We, the undersigned, are writing about the S. 2633, the Reducing American's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (also known as the RAVE Act).
		Thus, the RAVE Act will drive raves and other musical events further underground and away from public health and safety regulations.
		The Anti-RAVE ACT Petition to U.S. Congress was created by and written by James Foster II.
	www.petitiononline.com /s2633rav/petition.html (533 words)

	The Austin Chronicle News: Will RAVE Act Stomp Out Drugs -- Or Dissent?
		The RAVE Act amends and expands the existing federal "crack house statutes" (also authored by Biden) by enabling the government to prosecute any person that makes available any property for any use if drugs -- even those being held by a third party -- are found on the premises during the event.
		A Billings-based Drug Enforcement Administration agent had presented the venue's managers with a copy of the RAVE Act and threatened them with hefty fines or property forfeiture if any drugs were found on the premises during the fundraiser.
		Biden and RAVE Act supporters had long assured opponents that, despite the act's breadth, the law wouldn't be applied in this manner.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2003-06-20/pols_feature4.html (807 words)

	Biden Bills Targets Rave Promoters Who Seek to Profit by Putting Teens at Risk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Biden introduced the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act to crack down on rave promoters who allow their events to be used as havens for illicit drug activity.
		State and local governments have begun to take important steps to crack down on rave promoters by making it a criminal offense to knowingly maintain a place -- such as a rave -- where controlled substances are used or distributed.
		The RAVE Act will help spread the message so that today's kids and their parents will know the risks of taking Ecstasy, and what it can do to their bodies, their brains, their futures," said Biden.
	biden.senate.gov /newsroom/details.cfm?id=183785 (539 words)

	Joe Biden Trying To Sneak Rave Act Past Congress NOW - TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This means that if the RAVE Act passes the conference committee, it is likely to become law without ever having a hearing, a debate or a vote.
		Just tell them that you oppose the RAVE Act, that it is controversial and it should not be included in the conference language of S151.
		Urge them to oppose the RAVE Act by contacting the Senate conferees and asking them to leave it off the measure so that there will at least be a hearing on this issue.
	talkleft.com /new_archives/002361.html (522 words)

	RAVE Act Opponents Gear Up
		And while the rave community is clearly the intended target of the RAVE Act, the bill's language specifies "any controlled substance," making events such as smoke-ins and hemp fests liable to prosecution as well.
		Rogers is one face of the youthful opposition to the RAVE Act, a paid staffer of a nationally-organized reform group; Legba Carrefour is another.
		Similar events to raise awareness and opposition to the RAVE Act are tentatively scheduled for Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Charlotte, Chicago and Austin, Carrefour said.
	stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/252/raveact.shtml (1490 words)

	Daily Local News - Petitions aim to stop passage of RAVE Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She and her friends, as well as many who are involved in the rave scene, say that Biden's bill unfairly condemns a whole sub-culture because of the actions of a few of the participants.
		They argue that some rave organizers often publicize their events as "alcohol-free parties" to give the impression of an innocent, intoxicant-free night of dancing and communal bonding even as the flyers that promote the party are rife with winking messages insinuating that drugs will be available.
		The anonymous DJ said he agrees that mainstream culture does not understand the positive aspects of rave culture, but said that, for the most part, the rave scene has been taken over by kids who are there for the drugs and not the music.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=5055753&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=6 (1765 words)

	Washington Office for Advocacy: The RAVE Act
		The RAVE Act makes property owners criminally responsible for drug use occurring at their events.
		Although the language of the bill specifically targets raves, opponents have feared the bill's broad language, arguing that it could be construed to apply to events like picnics and neighborhood barbecues, and that it would interfere with the freedom of young people to peacefully assemble and express themselves through dance and music.
		Opponents also worried that the RAVE Act would jeopardize on-call medical staff, cool down rooms and other precautionary measures that are available at large events to respond to drug overdose, since event organizers would not want to appear to be accommodating of illegal drug use on their property.
	uua.org /uuawo/new/article.php?id=103 (202 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance Action Center
		The bill (S, 2633), also known as the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE Act), is moving very rapidly and could be considered by the full Senate as early as this week.
		By insinuating that selling bottled water and offering "cool off" rooms is proof that owners and promoters know drug use is occurring at their events, this bill may make business owners too afraid to implement such harm-reduction measures, and the safety of our kids will suffer.
		The RAVE Act punishes businessmen and women for the crimes of their customers and is unprecedented in U.S. history.
	ga1.org /campaign/rave/explanation (501 words)

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