has taken this culture of dancing and music and turned it into a place of drugs, which has given the rave scene a bad name. As stated earlier, raves are publicized heavily now. Through television, radio and flyers, and buildings and clubs are even rented out to hold these parties. Is this promoting the use of drugs? Some would agree and some would not. As Ben Wilke states, “ No matter what clubs you go to there are going to be drugs. Real party kids don’t do drugs, we go to dance and have a good time.” (Farley, 31) So should raves still be allowed, or should they be shut down because of the risk many young adults are taken nowadays with MDMA? As far as shutting down the rave scene, it is not going to happen any time soon. Drugs are going to remain everywhere, it’s just that raves have began to become more and more popular so the media is attacking it because of its fresh background. Many clubs have taken precautions to try and cut down on the use of drugs, especially ecstasy in the rave scene. For example, when I attended “Adrenaline,” at the club Edge, I was asked to take everything out of my pockets, cigarette box checked, and fully patted down, front and back by a female security guard. Many kids with Vicks inhalers (it is said to increase your roll) were asked to leave them at the entrance and other sorts of rolling gear such as Vicks vapor rub, and personal bottles were prohibited inside the club. Washington D.C., must be very careful right now with drugs entering in the club. Club Buzz was raided last year and drugs from ecstasy to nitric oxide were found on the premises. The clubs in the area and all over the United States have taken a stand in fighting against recreational drugs such as ecstasy crossing the threshold of the entrance. It is imperative that attempts to eliminate the drug use as much as possible. Alan Leshner, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse states,...
