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80 Arrests at "Love Festival" Rave for Fake IDs, Drug Possession

On behalf of Law Offices of Bill O'Connell on Tue., 08/31/10 posted in Drug Possession

City and county officials in Los Angeles and around California have been looking into whether giant raves should continue to be held on public property after several drug overdoses have occurred during the events. The Coliseum Commission almost disallowed the recent 18th annual "Love Festival" rave from occurring at the L.A. Sports Arena following a 15-year-old's death from a drug overdose (likely Ecstasy) after attending the Electric Daisy Carnival in June. Eventually, they decided to go ahead with the event and two more like it after imposing stricter regulations. 

Minors were banned from attending the latest rave. Those under 16 were not officially supposed to attend the Electric Daisy Carnival, but no one was checking IDs. IDs were assiduously checked at the Love Festival to make sure partygoers were at least 18 years old. Law enforcement officials arrested 80 people, mostly for drug-related offenses and using fake IDs.

 

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Tags: Electric Daisy Carnival, Love Festival, ecstasy, rave

Doctors Call for End to "Drug Fest" Raves

On behalf of Law Offices of Bill O'Connell on Tue., 06/29/10 posted in Drug Possession

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that local emergency room directors are calling for an end to raves like last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival. They say that they prepared for the 2-day electronic music festival as a "multi-casualty incident," or the same way they would respond to a disaster such as the Chatsworth Metrolink train crash. The rave last weekend led to at least 63 arrests for drug possession, sale of narcotics, trespassing, and drinking in public, and scores of traumatic and drug-related injuries.

The Electric Daisy Carnival was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum and Exposition Park and drew 185,000 revelers. The company organizing the event, Insomniac, said it was the largest party of its kind in North America. The Coliseum is located on state land and is operated jointly by the city, county and state commission. The venue's manager says raves like the Electric Daisy Carnival are twice as profitable as a USC game. Emergency room directors, however, liken the raves to government-sanctioned drug fests that unnecessarily risk people's health and put a strain on emergency services. 

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Tags: Electric Daisy Carnival, drug possession, ecstasy, minors, sale of narcotics

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