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groovinkim
10-06-1999, 07:59 AM
From: Honeyrain@aol.com

On Friday, October 15th, DanceSafe Northwest will be holding a free
"Ecstasy
Health and Safety" workshop at Raverbooks. (full info below) It will
be
given by Emanuel Sferios, the director of DanceSafe in the Bay Area.
This is
a valuable opportunity you don't want to miss, since Emanuel won't be
coming
up to Seattle very often. He is an excellent speaker, and I will
guarantee
you will learn something new. And please don't be intimidated,
thinking it's
going to be preachy or too techinal/ hard to understand. This is
down-to-earth information, valuable for everyone, (even those who think
they
know it all.)

Since it starts at 8pm and will go until roughtly 10pm, you can use
this as a
premeet for whatever you may be going to on Friday. Or if you are
saving
yourself for Final Impact on Saturday, come downtown, have dinner on
Broadway, and then come to the workshop and have dessert (there will be

cookies, tea, and other goodies.)

I expect you see you there! :o) (Emanuel will also be at the
DanceSafe
table at Future Impact. Stop by with your questions...or just come say

hello. :o))
love, Tracy


Friday, October 15th

Respecting Ecstasy, Respecting Yourself:
Health and Safety Issues Pertaining to the Use of Ecstasy

8:00 pm at RaverBooks
1205 East Pike St., in Capital Hill (directions: www.mapquest.com)
FREE, but donations gladly accepted.

Topics to be covered include:
1.Neurotoxicity: Does it happen? Can it be prevented? What is the
current
scientific understanding?
2. Contraindicated medications: What drugs react dangerously with E.
3. Pre-existing health conditions that increase your chances of a
dangerous
reaction.
4. Overheating/dehydrating: Ways to avoid the most common cause of
E-related
death.
3. Mixing other recreational drugs with E: Which ones are dangerous?
Which
are safer?
4. Depression: Can regular use of ecstasy make you depressed? Can it be

prevented?
5. Pre-loading and post-loading: How do these supplements interact with
MDMA?
Are they dangerous or do they help?
6. Fake and adulterated pills: How to identify and avoid them

The workshop will last about two hours; a question and answer session
will
follow. It will be presented by Emanuel Sferios, from San Francisco's
DanceSafe organization. And there will be free cookies and
tea/coffee/juice!!! http://www.harmreduction.net/dancesafe

This is a "harm reduction" workshop, which utilizes a non-abstentionist

approach. While abstention is always the best way to avoid the dangers
associated with any drug, harm reduction acknowledges that this is not
an
option for many people, and offers information on the safer use of
drugs to
people who choose to use them for whatever reason.

for more info:
email honeyrain@aol.com

Acidraver
10-06-1999, 09:42 AM
I'm soooo there. Thanks for making this happen kim!
PLUR!!!
~Matt

purplehappy
10-06-1999, 10:55 AM
I think is something we should all attend.

be there or be drastically deformed
;)
gabe

forrest303
10-06-1999, 10:56 AM
hi kim,
never taken e in all my partying days, but i am there if for no other reason then to expand my knowledge...
sounds good to me. free cookies, right on, i am there. and besides, i may decide one day to actually consume the almighty drug, and a little knowledge goes a long way.
love n' luck,
forrest

Misha
10-06-1999, 12:02 PM
Forrest - I thought you've done it a few times? Like a few weekends ago at that crappy mountain?

dogod
10-06-1999, 12:39 PM
If I did E I would be there too.

groovinkim
10-06-1999, 02:02 PM
even if you don't do e, the workshop could
still be helpful... in case you ever met
anyone who did and wanted to explain to them
easily what some of the risks are, etc..

unfortunately, bad drugs & overdoses
affect even those of us who don't do them...
it's hard to have a good time at an event
when you see someone getting sick or worse.
:(

Acidraver
10-06-1999, 02:04 PM
shamanikinetic -
I think that even if you don't do E you should show up. i'm sure you know someone who has or currently does E. What you learn will can not only help you... it can help you help the people around you. (I think that made sence) What i'm trying to say is, just because you don't do E doesn't mean that you'll have to deal with it. Become informed...knowledge is power!
PLUR!!!
~Matt
www.halcyon.com/procont/matt (http://www.halcyon.com/procont/matt)
P.S. Sorry if i offended anyone...not trying to start a flame...just stating my point of view.

Acidraver
10-06-1999, 02:05 PM
Ack!!! Kim...you placed the same post as me like one min before me!!! how rude but how right :)
righton....see ya there!
~Matt

MUD_E_GRRL
10-06-1999, 02:28 PM
hewo i cant go but if anyone who does go could post a message and let me know any valuable info and how it awl went that'd be kewl, : ) tanx!!
*HUgZ*

Blunder18
10-06-1999, 03:33 PM
Ok Forrest...time to fess up.....

Never done E? : P

forrest303
10-06-1999, 03:42 PM
holliss,
the one time i tried it was with you at funktology and it was nunk, remember???
i got so bummed and wandered around all night. aiya!
so, i will probally try again sometime, i want to see what all you guys rave about for myself.
and misha, i was completely sober at the mountain party.
so there...
love n' luck,
forrest

besides, i want to go to this thing and learn what do to do if someone is od'ing. i helped some strange guy at domination who was candyflipping and lying in a pool of his vomit at the rkcndy. he couldn't stand or walk and his eyes kept rolling back into his head. it was very, very scary....(shudders)

dogod
10-07-1999, 07:30 AM
Actually believe it or not acidraver I have no friends. Much less ones that do E. But youre right it could be beneficial to attend.

Blunder18
10-07-1999, 04:18 PM
Ummmmm....What about Earthdance? Come on...it's okay.....just because you do E doesn't mean that anyone should judge you anyway differently. And if they do, screw them. They aren't worth having. I feel strongly this way because you aren't hurting anyone but yourself, so it's really none of their concern.

As for O'ding...I think you told me that the guy was on a Blue Nike, Acid, and was shooting up Heroin in the bathroom....now that's what I call psycho. Ewwwww...Mainstreaming is not cool. Bleh. But too bad this E workshop is going on at the same time that I work, otherwise I would attend.

groovinkim
10-09-1999, 01:04 PM
shamani - i'll be yer friend. :D

starbryte
10-10-1999, 01:16 AM
Crappy mountain Misha? I love all of the Earth's natural formations!

dogod
10-11-1999, 07:22 AM
thank you

Raverbooks
10-13-1999, 06:02 PM
Directions to Raverbooks are also available
at http://www.pulpfiction.com/rave/aboutus.html

Zane
10-13-1999, 11:53 PM
Kim,

That's such a cool thing to have at Raverbooks. I'll be there - are ticket sales going to be on too? :-)

Btw, maybe people would like to visit:

http://www.harmreduction.net/dancesafe/slideshow/intro.html

They will be pre-loaded <g> with much useful info if they do.

groovinkim
10-14-1999, 08:19 AM
ticket sales to what?

Zane
10-14-1999, 01:56 PM
Kim,

Sorry ... ticket sales, ya know ... ticket sales. :-) Seriously, Future Impact and Freak Night.

Tia,

Zane