{"id":283,"date":"2017-02-03T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippy.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/stop-the-rave-act-now\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:02:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:02:53","slug":"stop-the-rave-act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/news\/stop-the-rave-act-now\/","title":{"rendered":"STOP THE RAVE ACT NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\thi i stumbled upon your site because i figured that who would be able to help my cause the most hippies. They had to endure the same persecusion for freedom of speech that my cause is trying to protect. There is a law that is trying to be passed and its called the rave act here is a summary of what it is;<\/p>\n<p>\nLate on Tuesday, April 8, a Senate and House Conference Committee,<br \/>\nwithout a hearing, public notice or a debate in Congress, attached<br \/>\nthe Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (formerly known as the RAVE<br \/>\nAct) to the Amber Alert Bill (a child abduction bill). <\/p>\n<p>\nIt is not too late to stop the bill &#8211; Fax your senators. The main<br \/>\nfloor fight is likely to take place in the Senate in the next 12-24<br \/>\nhours so do it NOW.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=http:\/\/actioncenter.drugpolicy.org\/action\/index.asp?step=2&#038;item=1578>http:\/\/actioncenter.drugpolicy.org\/action\/index.asp?step=2&#038;item=1578<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\nRepresentatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) valiantly<br \/>\nopposed this sneaky effort to pass controversial legislation.<br \/>\nUnfortunately they were outvoted and RAVE Act provisions did become<br \/>\npart of the bill. These provisions make it clear that crackhouse<br \/>\nlaws apply to temporary events, such as concerts, dances or<br \/>\nfestivals, and add civil penalties of up to $250,000 to the<br \/>\nstatute. If passed, property owners can be punished for any drug<br \/>\noffense that their customers commit &#8211; even if they work hard to stop<br \/>\nsuch offenses. This is likely to deter nightclub and stadium owners<br \/>\nfrom holding events. <\/p>\n<p>\nWith your help we will continue to fight to remove the RAVE Act<br \/>\nprovisions from the AMBER Alert legislation, even if the Senate and<br \/>\nHouse act and the President signs the bill into law. We urge you to<br \/>\ntake immediate action. <\/p>\n<p>\nBasically in essence this bill will fine any manager promoter property owner etc hundreds of thousands of dollars and a possible 20 years in jail just for people using drugs at events even though they have taken every precaution to stop drug users at events. Its like saying that the people at music fest at least one person will probably smoke marijuana so because of that one person the fest will be shut down and they will get heavily fined. How is that fair? Im not saying that I want to promote drug use but it is inevitable that at every event someone is bound to do it. This law will infringe on the rights of us all. It was first set out to stop raves but now it will stop much more than that. This is our way of life and they have to be stopped we need to spread the word. With all of the war stuff going on people aren&#8217;t noticing everything else the government is trying to do. We must all be united for this cause because it not only affects ravers is affects everyone. Please consider letting your users know what is going on we don&#8217;t have much time the bill is almost a law. The bill is going to the floor within 12-24 hours. United we Stand and Divided we Fall!!<\/p>\n<p>\nThank you! <br \/>\nDanielle Grieco<\/p>\n<p>Posted by: Skip<br \/>\nViews: 14092<br \/>\nTopic:14\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hi i stumbled upon your site because i figured that who would be able to help my cause the most hippies. They had to endure the same persecusion for freedom of speech that my cause is trying to protect. 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