Party Vibe

@fc mcjake 383660 wrote:

Resurgence? There are more drugs now than ever. [/quote]

more drugs but less quality (even the now illegal cathinones are a poor substitute to good MDMA or amfetamine).

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I do agree with you though that it is the ravers that fucked up the whole scene. The current “drug culture” is one of total excess, partly the fault of the individuals, partly the media and partly the fault of the authorities. Most people are well aware they can go out on a saturday night, get completly out of it on whatever they can get hold of and know there is someone there to take care of them be it steward bouncer or paramedic.

good thing you mentioned this. I have kept this relatively secret for years because of not wanting to bring hassle to Glade – but was passed info from a frontline NHS worker from a SE England hospital near the original Glade area.

His team had to deal with a significant number of casualties during the successful events of the mid 2000s. As well as the usual overdoses even young babies / children presented to ED – their mothers had abandoned them in tents whilst partying and let them get dehydrated. Actually he said there were a few young men presenting with injuries what may have been related to violence but NHS fix people rather than ask questions. Although no formal complaint was made by the NHS to the Police and Council, the paramedics do of course chat with cops as part of “canteen banter” and things like this shape their views and judgements.

I was going to East Anglia raves in 2007 just before the clampdown and at every other one a Emergency Ambulance had to be called due to either ket related injuries or worse, people being injured in fights. Its not like London where robberies are common, the fights were usually between young men what knew one another due to sexual tension/competition for girls. And all this happened when there were some fucking good drugs, quality MDMA and other party drugs as well as ketamine.. :hopeless:

@fc mcjake 383666 wrote:

Definatly less quality drugs wise its a fucking disgrace isnt it? I dont even go out anymore unless its gonna be a good party, cant stand to see the fucking idiots at it anymore. I was a nightclub bouncer on and off for 10 years and a raver for even longer and it has definatly gotten worse. Why?

I think its because society became more tolerant to drugs during the 90s, whilst some of the younger people cherrypicked drugs and hedonism yet rejected “boring/geeky hippy culture” so the townie and drugs culture has merged together with the worst aspects of both.