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.