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LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA
#13462165 - 11/10/10 02:43 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA November 09, 2010 - Hip Hop DX
Already cash-strapped, Los Angeles' Department of Public health enlists Kaskade and will.i.am for what it calls "harm reduction messages."
After 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died from an Ecstasy overdose a few days after attending the publicly funded Electric Daisy Carnival in June, public officials are enacting an initiative, which they hope will reduce illegal drug consumption at concerts and raves. The Los Angeles Department of Public Health will fund a public service announcement featuring will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and Bay Area dance artist Kaskade.
“The PSA will include harm reduction messages by major electronic music talents, including Kaskade, and Will.i.am,” Department of Public Health Director Jonathan Fielding wrote to LA Weekly. “DPH will encourage promoters to broadcast the PSA at the event and online through their websites and other relevant social networking sites, and will work to get online ticket outlets to show the PSA at the point of purchase.”
There were reportedly over 200 medical emergencies and close to 60 drug-related arrests at the Daisy Carnival. While no one from the DPH has officially stated such, will.i.am’s increased collaborations with the likes of David Guetta and other Electronic musicians was likely behind their choice of the Black Eyed Peas co-founder as well as Deadmau5 collaborator Kaskade. The PSAs will likely be aired at raves and on various social-networking sites.
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Green_T]
#13462309 - 11/10/10 04:24 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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These PSAs need to be credible and realistic or they might as well be part of an afterschool DARE program. I believe there is legitimate harm reduction that can be accomplished here, but nobody can smell BS like someone who has been using a substance regularly. Once part of the message is revealed as a lie, why listen to any of it?
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Green_T]
#13462328 - 11/10/10 04:33 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Green_T said: After 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died from an Ecstasy overdose a few days after attending the publicly funded Electric Daisy Carnival in June,
She died from something that wasn't ecstasy. They should have a PSA for that- "Don't take fake X!. Get the real thing!"
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dokunai
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Doc_T]
#13462342 - 11/10/10 04:42 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Doc_T said: She died from something that wasn't ecstasy. They should have a PSA for that- "Don't take fake X!. Get the real thing!"
Isn't suggesting the use of a marquis kit tantamount to endorsing drug use??? (I know it isn't, being sarcastic here about harm reduction)
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Doc_T]
#13462738 - 11/10/10 07:17 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Doc_T said:
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Green_T said: After 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died from an Ecstasy overdose a few days after attending the publicly funded Electric Daisy Carnival in June,
She died from something that wasn't ecstasy. They should have a PSA for that- "Don't take fake X!. Get the real thing!"
^Source?
I googled her and all the sites said it was MDMA which caused an edema. Even still, that point is moot. McDonalds has been a cause of death for more people than MDMA, but I don't see anybody banning it.
Fewer people would die if "ecstasy" could be sold as pure MDMA, and appropriate harm-reduction measures were taken (i.e. don't take too much at once, space out your trips, drink a reasonable amount of water...)
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Green_T]
#13462753 - 11/10/10 07:18 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pure rumor, sorry. We had a thread about it here. We thought Coaster died the same weekend.
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: dokunai]
#13462801 - 11/10/10 07:29 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is just a political move on the part of the city to allow the raves to continue. They need the money from these events but they also need to appear as though they are doing something about the consumption of ecstasy.
I think it's great. There is no reason to shut down the entire scene because of one unfortunate death.
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Doc_T]
#13463155 - 11/10/10 10:00 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Doc_T said:
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Green_T said: After 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died from an Ecstasy overdose a few days after attending the publicly funded Electric Daisy Carnival in June,
She died from something that wasn't ecstasy. They should have a PSA for that- "Don't take fake X!. Get the real thing!"
Yea they should just sell/handout those dancesafe kits from back in the day- to test your X to see if its real- Went to one party where they had a table set up and you could test your pillz- for free- and guess what out of the 1800 people that were there- NO deaths from drugs- only thing that happened was a couple people got removed for being tooo drunk- Or GHB-
And she was only 15 where were her parents,why werre they not watching her-not like she drove there by her self-
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Edited by idunno (11/10/10 10:03 AM)
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: idunno]
#13463428 - 11/10/10 11:11 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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idunno said:
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Doc_T said:
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Green_T said: After 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died from an Ecstasy overdose a few days after attending the publicly funded Electric Daisy Carnival in June,
She died from something that wasn't ecstasy. They should have a PSA for that- "Don't take fake X!. Get the real thing!"
Yea they should just sell/handout those dancesafe kits from back in the day- to test your X to see if its real- Went to one party where they had a table set up and you could test your pillz- for free- and guess what out of the 1800 people that were there- NO deaths from drugs- only thing that happened was a couple people got removed for being tooo drunk- Or GHB-
And she was only 15 where were her parents,why werre they not watching her-not like she drove there by her self-
Her parents knew she was going to the event, when they got the call they just thought she got in trouble/caught.
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Green_T]
#13463599 - 11/10/10 11:44 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Well if Will.I.Am says it, it must be true!
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: dwpineal]
#13464169 - 11/10/10 03:36 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Then,blame it on the cheap ass parents-If they would have given her 25for the Molly- instead of just 10 bux maybe every thing would be ok
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Re: LA County Taps will.i.am For Anti-Ecstasy PSA [Re: Green_T]
#13464434 - 11/10/10 04:34 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I really want to see what these ads look like. I'm guessing they are going to be counterproductive and overall a waste of time and money.
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