S. 2633 Reducing American's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act
    SENATE TO DECLARE WAR ON RAVES
    No nightclub owner, promoter, or event coordinator is safe
    Bill could halt musical events such as raves

    The Senate is poised to pass legislation that would give
    federal prosecutors new powers to shut down raves or other
    musical events and punish innocent business men and women
    for hosting or promoting them. The bill, known as the
    Reducing American's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE Act),
    was just introduced in the Senate on June 18th and has
    already passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. It is moving
    VERY rapidly and could be passed by the Senate as early as
    next week. Worse still, the Senate leadership considers
    this draconian drug war bill to be so uncontroversial that
    they are trying to pass it under "unanimous consent" rules,
    which will mean no debate and no real vote. It is absolutely
    vital that your Senators here from you today. They need to
    know that this bill is a danger to civil liberties and is
    unacceptable.

    ACTIONS TO TAKE:

    --Call your Senators and tell them to stop S. 2633, the
    Reducing American's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act from
    becoming law. Tell them that innocent business owners
    shouldn't be punished for the crimes of their customers. Tell
    them this bill has dangerous anti-civil liberties provisions
    that they need to be aware of, and this bill deserves serious
    debate.

    You can contact your Senators through the Capitol Switchboard
    at 202-224-3121. To find out who your Senators are go to:
    http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm

    --Please forward this action alert to your friends and family.
    The Senate needs to know that voters find this bill unacceptable.

    MORE ON THE BILL

    S. 2633, sponsored by Senators Durbin (D-IL), Hatch (R-UT),
    Grassley (R-IA) and Leahy (D-VT), would greatly expand the so-
    called "crack house statute" and potentially subject innocent
    business men and women to enormous fines if customers sold or
    used drugs on their premises or at their events - even if they
    were not involved in the offenses in any way. If the bill
    becomes law, property owners, promoters, and event coordinators
    could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars if they hold
    raves or other events on their property. This bill is a part of
    a Justice Department strategy to halt all musical events they
    don't like, such as raves. For more information on this bill, go
    to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and under "bill number" search for
    S2633.