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Raves are pretty much outlawed here, for many reasons. You can't even find many "clubs". They don't stay in business very long, as theres strict laws enforcing whats ok, and whats not, thus noone likes going to legal ones. And the illegal ones are cracked down on.

IMO, yuh. All they leave you with is drugs, crime and noise.

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define: "clubs", the clubs that try to emulate or host raves. Normal dance/bar type clubs are around, just no big ones with room for tons of people.

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Oh, Ninjas love raves. No, not those silly dance-parties, where you wear clumsy flurescent lights and shake to over-powering bass while sampling every known drug. I'm talking about Ninja Raves, or Ninjaves as we call them. There, you where uranium arm bands that if you keep on too long will cause cancer, so you got to make sure you're at the top of your game. And then there's, and this part is great I tell you, weapon-swap, where everybody gets on the main stage and throws their favorite weapons into the middle, followed by all the lights turning out. Then everybody scrambles to pick up a weapon, but who knows what you're going to get! It's really quite the riot. One time, this guy picked up a post-it note. I mean, what are you suppose to do with a post-it note? Remind yourself that your dead? Although, don't get me wrong, the guy who does use those post-it notes is deadly. You do not want to get into an office with that guy...
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I haven't been able to find any since my time machine broke and I was no longer able to travel back to 1991! Seriously though, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 gives police the power to break up raves, and prevent people planning or travelling to raves starting in section 63. It's been amended to be even more dictatorial than the one you see there, but you get the gist. I was gutted when it came in because sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats was my favourite kind of music!

I follow the directions on the fliers.

Finding them isnt a problem for me, since I have several friends who are the main driving force behind the most sucessful local dance party production company (yes, raves are 100% legal here, provided you don't break any health and safety regulations). I usually help out with the setup and site construction for the outdoor parties (I usually avoid the indoor ones). Most of the parties are $20-$40l, but there's a free rave this weekend.

You can try looking for local content at WorldDJ. All local raves and gigs here are advertised on the site. Other places you might want to check out are music stores, "alternative" cafes and clothing stores that stock dancewear. If you have places that sell drug paraphenalia and giftware, they might also know details of upcoming events.

Our outdoor parties are all-ages. Most indoor parties, which are held in clubs with a liquor licence, are R18.

Sounds like you have the wrong kind of raves near you. Yes, drugs are usually a big part of the rave culture, but so? The only drug we ban from our parties is alcohol, and they've been running for 10 years now without any problems. Compare this to what I see every weekend working as a barman, and you'd welcome the drugs.

The only time crime becomes a problem, in my experience, is in the small indoor raves they have in the city centre, and these are because you get just anybody coming in. This is where outdoor raves truly shine. The extra hassle and cost of them generally ensures that the only people who go are people who are going to have a good time and enjoy themself, and not just cause trouble.

Noise is again, really a problem with indoor parties. At outdoor parties you can just move further away if its too noisy for you. This is a problem with all indoor venues though, no matter what music they are playing.

At first I thought you meant the birds, but then I remembered that those were called ravens!

And what, exactly, about it disturbs you?

Fair enough, I can understand people being disturbed by children on drugs, but I was thinking about adults, not children. And "extremely dangerous" is an exaggeration.

Addiction to anything is a problem, but the matter at hand was NOT addiction, it was drug-taking. Party drugs aren't particularly addictive anyway.

Oh really?

I have more on the subject, but it'll have to wait until I get home from work.

In Michigan, the drinking age is 21. Might want to check that in your area if you go someplace that legally serves alcohol.

They're not. In fact, none of the drugs you listed create a physical dependence.

Actually Speed, Meth and Pot are all addictive. Albeit pot is less addictive than, say, tobacco, but that's beside the point isn't it?

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