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Meditation in Place: Sunrise Transparence

At 6pm PST on July 8th, DanceSafe’s Party in Place program will be hosting a soundbath and meditation session in partnership with Sunrise Transparence! Anj (performing as Sunrise Transparence) is a Los Angeles-based teacher, facilitator, and music creator. Anj's experience includes designing and teaching classes, workshops, and intensive programs, engaging participants of diverse experience and skill levels; sonically facilitating mindful, meditative, and spiritually explorative/expressive spaces; working as a live sound engineer; and maintaining an active performance and composition/production presence in a variety of genres and ensembles. We hope that you’ll join us on July 8th at 6pm PST to embark on...

#TestIt Alert: Bag of grey/off-white powder sold in Chicago, IL as dope (heroin) but actually contains heroin, 6-monoacetylmorphine, etizolam, 6-acetylcodeine, noscapine, quinine, fentanyl, niacinamide, and xylazine

By: Rachel Clark, DanceSafe Contractor A bag of grey/off-white powder was sold in Chicago, IL as heroin but actually contains heroin, 6-monoacetylmorphine, etizolam, 6-acetylcodeine, noscapine, quinine, fentanyl, niacinamide, and xylazine. The sample was submitted from Chicago, IL. The sample turned purple in the presence of the Marquis reagent, blue/green in the presence of the Mecke reagent, and light brown in the presence of the Mandelin reagent. Heroin is an opioid that produces sedating and analgesic (pain-relieving) effects. It is commonly smoked or injected, with a duration of several hours (variable depending on the route of administration). In recent years, heroin has been...

#TestIt Alert: Capsule of white powder sold as Alprazolam (Xanax) in North Carolina found to contain exclusively Flualprazolam

By: Rachel Clark, DanceSafe Intern A rectangular green pressed bar was sold as Alprazolam (Xanax) in North Carolina, but tested as Flualprazolam. The sample was sourced from online (Florida) and submitted from North Carolina. The sample is in the form of a green, rectangular “bar”-shaped pill with two score lines and “S | 90” on the score side (no markings on the back). According to EcstasyData.org, Marquis, Mecke, and Mandelin reagents did not react with the sample, a response that is typical of benzodiazepines. Flualprazolam is a research chemical that consists of fluorinated Alprazolam. Very little is understood about its mechanism of...

DanceSafe Endorses Denver Decriminalization for Psilocybin Mushrooms

On May 7th of this year the City of Denver will be voting to decriminalize personal use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms. As a harm reduction non-profit, DanceSafe fully supports any and all efforts to reduce or remove the criminal penalties associated with substance use.

#TestIt Alert: White powder sourced as MDMA tests as Ketamine

A white, crystalline powder in a Eppendorf vial was sold as Molly/MDMA, but tested as Ketamine. Sender notes state that the “seller was only 90% sure it was molly.” The sample was sourced and submitted to EcstasyData.org from New York, NY.

2018 Marks the Inauguration of The Prometheus Award for Harm Reduction Activism

By: Mitchell Gomez, Executive Director, DanceSafe 2018 Marks the Inauguration of The Prometheus Award for Harm Reduction Activism. Sponsored by DanceSafe, Erowid, The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, The Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and The Zendo Project, this award is given to an individual who engaged in effective, reality-based harm reduction in the face of institutional, political, legal, social, or bureaucratic resistance.Named for the Greek Titan who brought fire to mankind, in opposition to the wishes of the authorities, this award is intended to both recognize and reward those who are doing what is...

Get Your Limited Edition Hempy Pins Before They’re Gone!

SOLD OUT Thank you everyone for your support! We are limiting these to three per household. There were three variants made of this (full color, Glitter-Ink and Glitter-White), and these have been blind bagged. In a blind-bag sale, you order a certain design of a pin, but no one knows which variant is packed in which bag, making opening it a super fun surprise! We also included a very few full color glitter artist proofs in this blind bag sale! Thank you again for your support, and make sure to visit Chris Dyer's Positive Creations after you order!

Testing Kit Instructions

WHAT ARE REAGENTS? Reagents are chemicals that change color when they come into contact with certain drugs, enabling you to detect their presence in a sample. Reagents cannot, however, detect every drug, nor can they tell you how pure or potent your drugs are. Even if you get the expected color reactions for the drug you want, there could still be one or more other drugs present. This is because: Not all drugs change color with reagents. Darker colors may overshadow lighter colors. A very tiny quantity of a drug may not produce a visible color change. Despite these limitations, reagent testing is useful...

DanceSafe Presents ‘After EDC’ Documentary

DanceSafe is proud to be working with filmmaker and former San Francisco DanceSafe director Le Liu on "After EDC," a feature film project on the massive music festival known as Electric Daisy Carnival. In the summer of 2010, a firestorm of negative media coverage and political outrage erupted as a result of the ecstasy-related death of a teenage girl who attended EDC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In response to the tragedy and controversy, the County Public Health Department launched an innovative harm reduction campaign alongside local promoters, DJs, and event safety experts. The story highlights the collaborative...

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