HARM REDUCTION: Lots of Puke at Electric Island. Do People need to be more Careful, or are they dumb and Overdoing things?
I've been attending open-air festivals for several years, including big ones like VELD, and UMF and EDC in Miami and Las Vegas, respectively, both with hotter temperatures than Toronto- literally scorching hot- so I find it hard to believe the sun and hot weather are major contributing factors. I've been to half a dozen Electric Islands and 3 VELDs (which happens in August with hotter weather) and never seen anything like this. Electric Island on June 27 was the first time in my life I saw 5 people puking near me, in different spots at different times inside the festival, even at night when it was no longer hot. That was too much of a coincidence.
Sorry to trigger the plugs and "fans" who are downvoting every single one of my comments and getting into a ludicrous debate about whether Toronto is as hot as Miami or Las Vegas, to distract attention from real causes. Someone who insulted me in this thread reposted this to the drugscirclejerk subreddit, saying that if you haven't puked at a party you're not a raver, then adding here that "puking at parties is a fact of life," SMH.
MORE FESTIVALS ARE COMING, SO HERE ARE HARM REDUCTION MEASURES TO STAY SAFE:
- ALWAYS TEST. ASSUME EVERYTHING IS CUT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
- TEST BEFORE THE RAVE. AT LEAST MARQUIS TEST AND FENT STRIPS.
- NEVER TAKE A FULL CAP/TAB. SPLIT, TAKE HALF, AND WAIT 1H TO REDOSE.
- 2 OR MORE CAPS/TABS IN LESS THAN 3H CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE.
- BE CAREFUL MIXING WITH NAUSEA-INDUCING STUFF LIKE G/LSD/SHROOMS.
- SUPPLEMENT WITH ELECTROLYTES, GINGER, VIT C, AND MAGNESIUM.
- TESTS DETECT MOST BUT NOT ALL FENT ANALOGS. HAVE NARCAN AT HAND.