dystopCan't sell water? Ok, here's some free water with your peanut purchase
4amThis is often (but not always!) done at events where either the organizers, or the permitting government, suspects that people may use drugs and want to "discourage" such behavior.
TBH that just makes it more of a human rights violation.
I went to a club in NYC 20-ish years ago and they were selling bottled water for $6 a bottle (in 2001!) The bathrooms only had hot water so no one could refill. It was also quite hot in the main room. Scumbags.
seeCseasEr... drinking water helps with consuming drugs?
Staying hydrated on molly/ecstasy is important
huh, interesting.
so... they're denying everyone water to stop some people from getting high? still doesn't seem right to me tbh.
Well, that's because it isn't right. But this sort of backwards thinking is extremely common in anti drug policy.
The RAVE Act and crack house laws only punish organizers who knowingly allow drug use to happen at their events or premises...Rave organizers told Anderson that, as a result, they try to avoid looking like they're aware of drug use at their events...Some organizers don't even offer free bottled water to help prevent heat strokes, a potentially fatal side-effect of some drug use on the dance floor.
From Vox
