RAVES AREN'T THE ONLY SOURCE OF DRUGS

There have been tons of articles on raves, saying how they should be
closed down because they have become a forum for teenagers to do drugs.

People are forgetting that there are dozens of other places teenagers
do drugs that aren't anywhere near a rave. Doing drugs at a house
party, at many regular nightclubs downtown and while camping for the
weekend with friends is not uncommon.

I'm not saying that every teenager is doing drugs. I am saying that
people will continue to do these drugs and others, as they have done
for decades, even if you close down every rave company in Toronto.

I don't think raves are the problem; they are one of the many factors,
but I don't believe that shutting down all the raves in Toronto will
make the problem just go away.

Jennifer Creede
Mississauga