Raves were a lot more hardcore in the '90s 😯 | DJ Mag

The historic Fox 5 news expose from 1999 about the DC Rave scene that was one of the main causes for The Rave Act to be passed in 2003. The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003, commonly known as the RAVE Act, was drafted and sponsored by then-Senator Joe Biden. It expanded existing law to hold venue owners and event promoters criminally liable for drug use at their events, which critics say inadvertently affected harm reduction efforts at music festivals and Raves in the early 2000s. #ra

A 1997 20/20 ABC News special covering the rise of Rave Culture in America; A well-known special from that year was an investigative report that went undercover to look into the world of Raves that America's youth were attending. #ravetalk #rave #raves #ravers #raving #socalraves #ravehistory | RaveTalk