read this post from the guerrillanews.com forum about new laws in the US concerning parties, etc,, !!

source: guerrillanews forum

This is another scary, stupid law that’s being pushed through congress as you read this, so your help is needed -now-, and this is about as easy as it gets.

In case you haven’t heard about it, I’m posting a short little blurb from the Libertarian Party email I got about the RAVE Act, but that’ll be after the link to do something about this.

Fax your congressmen:

SUPER easy, guys. Click on this link:
http://ga1.org/campaign/rave

Skim that letter it wants to fax to your congressman. It’s in an editable text box, so you can add/detract any way you’d like. Then simply put your name, address, and email (make up a fake email or name if you’re worried about privacy, but it needs a correct address to figure out who to fax), hit submit, confirm it on the next page, then you’re done.

It’s REALLY easy, it only took me about 90 seconds to do the whole process.

Now that little blurb I promised to tell you what exactly is going on. Source, Libertarian Party. www.lp.org

MORE INFORMATION

The Senate is considering legislation that would give federal prosecutors new powers to shut down raves, marijuana rallies and other events they don’t like and punish businessmen and women for hosting or promoting them. The bill (S. 2633), also known as the Reducing American’s Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE Act), is moving very rapidly and could be considered by the full Senate as early as this week. (A similar bill is also pending in the House.)

S. 2633, sponsored by Senators Durbin (D-IL), Hatch (R-UT), Grassley (R-IA) and Leahy (D-VT), expands the so-called “crack house statute” to allow the federal government to fine or imprison businessmen and women if customers sell or use drugs on their premises or at their events. Property owners, promoters, and event coordinators could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars or face up to twenty years in federal prison if they hold raves or other events on their property. If the bill becomes law, property owners may be too afraid to rent or lease their property to groups holding hemp festivals or putting on all-night dance parties, effectively stifling free speech and banning raves and other musical events.

The new law would also make it a federal crime to temporarily use a place for the purpose of using any illegal drug. Thus, anyone who used drugs in their own home or threw an event (such as a party or barbecue) in which one or more of their guests used drugs could potentially face a $250,000 fine and years in federal prison. The bill also effectively makes it a federal crime to rent property to medical marijuana patients and their caregivers, giving the federal government a new weapon in its war on AIDS and cancer patients who use marijuana to relieve their suffering.

Health advocates worry that the bill will endanger our nation’s youth. If enacted, licensed and law-abiding business owners may stop hosting raves or other events that federal authorities don’t like, out of fear of massive fines and prison sentences. Thus, the law would drive raves and other musical events further underground and away from public health and safety regulations. It would also discourage business owners from enacting smart harm-reduction measures to protect their customers. By insinuating that selling bottled water and offering “cool off” rooms is proof that owners and promoters know drug use is occurring at their events, this bill may make business owners too afraid to implement such harm-reduction measures, and the safety of our kids will suffer.

The RAVE Act punishes businessmen and women for the crimes of their customers and is unprecedented in U.S. history. The federal government can’t even keep drugs out of prisons, yet it seeks to punish business owners for failing to keep people from carrying drugs onto their premises. If this bill passes, federal authorities will have the ability to scare business owners away from using or renting their property for marijuana festivals, as well as any other “politically incorrect” event.

For more information on this bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and under “bill number” search for S2633.