Prohibition Lessons from 83 Years Ago Today

-By Mitchell Gomez – Executive Director December 5th, 2017 marks the 84th anniversary of the repeal of alcohol prohibition in America. On this day, it’s worth remembering the parallels between the failures of alcohol prohibition then, and the failures of drug prohibition today. Upon the ratification of the 18th Amendment on January 16, 1919, the ... Read more

Bath Salts Will Not Turn You Into a Cannibal

On May 26, 2012, Rudy Eugene, a 31-year-old car wash employee, violently attacked Ronald Poppo, a 65-year-old homeless man he encountered on Miami’s McArthur Causeway. Eugene gnawed off most of his victim’s face in an 18-minute assault that ended after he was shot by a police officer. Based on no evidence, and on one police officer’s ... Read more

DanceSafe’s Fall Auction is Live!

And we’re live! To raise money for chapter development and outreach, DanceSafe is hosting a ten-day online auction starting today, November 28, 2017 and ending December 7. Proceeds from the auction will be used to help start new DanceSafe Chapters, and to provide resources to Chapters already established. Looking for unique gift ideas this holiday season? ... Read more

Drinking Alcohol: A Socially Acceptable Way to Consume Drugs

Remember when we debunked the myth that caffeine was indeed a drug? Well, it’s time now to do the same for alcohol. Today, we bring to you #MythBusterMonday in all its might to dismantle the dichotomy between “drugs and alcohol.” As DanceSafe’s Kristin Karas is always so apt to point out, it should be more accurately stated as “alcohol and other drugs.” ... Read more

#TestIt Alert Issued for Boulder, CO

A participant from Boulder, Colorado has notified DanceSafe that a white powder with “some chunks” was sold as ketamine, but triggered a response for MDA (“Sass”), amphetamine, and potentially ketamine. Regarding the test results for the sample (pictured left), the participant stated: “As you can see, with the Simon, we saw a dark area, which indicated ... Read more

Myth: Strychnine is Commonly Found in LSD

For today’s #MythBusterMonday, we decided to take it back, old school style, to address the 1990’s myth that strychnine is commonly found in LSD. Although perhaps bygone, this tall tale deserves to be put to rest for good. Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide and that is known as a popular poison. It is ... Read more

DanceSafe Seeks Communications and Social Media Intern

Communications and Social Media Intern Start Date: January 2018 End Date: May 2018 (Flexible) Location: Remote (Denver, CO preferred) DanceSafe is a 501(c)(3) public health nonprofit that promotes health and safety within the electronic music and nightlife communities. By combining the principles of harm reduction and peer-based, popular education, ... Read more

Shatter is Potent but it is Not Pure

Dabs: shatter, wax, budder, live resin, sugar, sauce, moonrocks, full melt. These are all varying terms for different types of cannabis concentrates that are available in today’s legal (and, let’s be honest, illegal) cannabis market–one that is technologically advanced and highly concentrated, with advents of an impressively long list of new ways to ... Read more

#TestIt Alerts Issued for Austin, TX and Concord, CA

A round light pink dolphin tablet submitted from Austin, Texas and sold as Molly tested as caffeine and methamphetamine according to this Ecstasydata.org entry (pictured left). Reagent drug checking results were as follows: Marquis – light orange, Mecke – very slight change to yellow, and Mandelin – very slight change to green. From ... Read more

A Halloween Ecstasy Haunting: Do Strangers Give Out Drugs as Candy?

In the spirit of Halloween, DanceSafe puts to rest the scary rumor that strangers hand out ecstasy pills designed to look like candy to children trick-or-treating on the spookiest day of the year. According to Snopes: The “ecstasy in Halloween candy” warning appeared to be a variant of age-old rumors about poison (and other dangerous substances) being ... Read more