raves
Raves are all night parties attended by youths aged from 14-25; they are made up of DJs playing loud electronic music normally generated by computers. Raves first emerged in the mid-1980s in Britain as after parties when clubs were closed. Since then, raves have gained popularity in many other countries in the world and expanded itself into a youth culture. Rave admission fees normally range from $5 for nightly events, and prices have gone up to $200 for the biggest events. Since rave events have attracted up to 30,000 youths aged from 14-25 in one event, drug usage at raves have also become a concern for parents and politicians recently. To make raves safer, policies have been created to try to control rave events, and to legally publicize and hold a rave today; the promoter must hold a proper permit. Driving raves underground by banning them will only make them more dangerous because they are harder to monitor, therefore more lives are at risk. The government needs take the responsibility to try helping make raves safer; rave parties should not be banned by the government.Bans would only force raves to be illegally held underground at unsafe venues. Underground raves have been proven much more dangerous than controlled raves
Raves are the youth culture of today, and they will continue to exist even if the government tries to stop them. In the past, youth culture was always the concern for parents and politicians. Like rock concerts in the 70s, drugs were a problem, but stopping them would not solve the problem, they were likely to get worse. They continued, because it was the youth culture, and no grown-ups could stop it from happening. Youth cultures that existed in the past such as disco, Elvis, swing kids and rock fans all had their share of drugs, but they were all an expression of themselves, and politicians were not ready to stop people from expressing themselves freely. Raves are also seen as a stress-relief from the outside world, as raves have attracted a variety people who think of themselves as outcasts, but at raves, the peace, love and unity makes them feel wanted. The government should not ban raves, but instead provide more control at legal raves and more drug education. Attempts to ban raves in the past in the UK did not succeed. After raves were outlawed, they slowly moved onto the dance club scene, dangerously mixing alcohol and drugs together (Weir, 2000). The combination of alcohol and drugs were even more of a threat to public health. Drug education is more important than trying to stop drugs from being take at raves, because drugs can be accessed outside of raves in places like clubs, concerts and schools. Instead, teaching the public about the dangers of the drugs, and how much someone can take before the drug becomes a threat to their life is more valuable. The municipal government of Toronto has also proved that allowing raves to occur on city owned property is much safer than holding raves on private property, where building standards may be minimal. A total of 14 raves have been held on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition since March 1997. Data was collected from 13, they showed at a total of 298 paid-duty police were hired, and in addition to that, there were OPP licensed security guards. 13 raves were attended by a total of 82,100 people, and 21 people were taken to the hospital, yet no one died, and 86 arrests were made. The 21 who were taken to hospital were all later released
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