This past weekend played host to the second annual Paradiso Festival organized by USC Events and it was easily one for the books. With 25,000+ in attendance, Paradiso took place at the beautiful Gorge convert venue in the state of Washington and went off with great success. Unfortunately, there was one drug related death where one concert goer consumed a lethal amount of substances which lead to his death a few days later. Although a death at a festival is always disheartening, the local seattle media took the case to a whole new level when they spun it to blame the drug, Molly.
Concert goers who were friends with the young man who died said that he had mistakenly taken Bath Salts instead of the drug Molly which further shows the importance of understanding the drugs you take at a concert. In addition, Komo 4 news said 72 hospitalized were concert goers but in reality, only 50 of them had drug related issues which were primarily brought on by the 100 degree whether. But instead of talking about the importance of educating the public on the use of these drugs and their effects, the media used this story to run scare tactics and further tarnish the opinion of raves in the public’s eye. Not being the first time mainstream media has done this, it deeply saddens me that the country’s main source of news is furthering the gap between understanding the drugs at concerts, and simply scaring people out of doing them.
Although molly and other party drugs are illegal, it is no secret that you can get ahold of these drugs if you so desire. Instead of scaring people out of doing this drug, the media should be educating the public as to what these drugs do and how to properly manage them. Instead, first time concert goers who try drugs for the first time have no knowledge of their limitations or the drug’s effects besides what their friends tell them which leads to hazardous situations.
So this is my plea to mainstream media; Stop trying to scare people out of doing drugs because if they want to try them, they will and there is nothing you can say to stop them. Stop holding concert venues and promotion companies responsible for these deaths because in reality, it falls upon the individual to manage their personal health. USC events worked hard to provide tight security, free water, an abundance of medical personel, and cooling tents to keep its concert goers safe. Do not blame drugs as the reason for deaths at festivals, blame the lack of education on the matter which is the key reason behind people overdosing. And surprisingly, that education partially falls upon the media. Do your job and educate the public instead of scaring them away from drugs and giving them zero knowledge on the effects. Get out of your media bubble and do your duty to the public.
You can read the full article (HERE)
Thanks for the video link. Needed a good laugh.
“a new drug called Molly”.
Am I missing something?
bahahahah
no, they are, not you 😛
your obviously not from this generation… HA.
Nobody forces anyone to take “Molly’s” and BTW new drug?
Similar to ecstacy but the side affects can be lethal- lmao. You hear that people. E over Molly
I was about to go to Paradiso but the heat was killer there and having drugs during it will be dangerous. I’m going there next year and based on rumors it could be a three days.
3-Trifluoromethylphenylpiper-azine Monohydrochloride is sold as “Molly” in the UK.
Apparently the overwhelming majority of people who experience no lethal side effects from molly isn’t important. The people who know their limits and stay hydrated never experience problems. On the rare occasion that someone screws themselves over by mixing substances, taking to much, or not staying hydrated they blame it on the drug instead of the person. Everyone looks for something to blame other than the person who made the choice to take the molly.
Your an idiot
A new drug called molly… sure, new…….
Totally missed the sarcasm on that one miss!
JAJAJAJJJAJAJAAJ
how about just not doing drugs.
Paradiso was sooooooo dope.
Yus! Agreed^
Actually is was probably the dumb asses that didn’t drink water! You need to drunk lots of water!
This article is spot on. Be educated, not ignorant.
Water is important no matter what but the reality is that these drugs are illegal and it isn’t the media’s responsibility to educate people about how to safely do something that is illegal. Anyone who chooses to do something illegal is responsible for their actions. Is the media responsible for properly educating people how to break into someone’s how safely?
that’s full of shit….my brother was fully educated about drugs but still died of cocaine, drugs need to be stopped, permanently…how many more people have to die until we all wake the fuck up and realize this?
exactly! I think its the person needs to be responsible to educate them selves. ill illegal substance or not. especially alcohol, people need to realize how drunk is too drunk
exactly! I think its the person needs to be responsible to educate them selves. ill illegal substance or not. especially alcohol, people need to realize how drunk is too drunk
Yes they do. drugs have been around since man figured out the effects of them. simply making them illegal dose not prevent the use of said substances. providing inaccurate news simply makes the populace ignorant. these new agency should be forced to retract inaccurate public statements unless it is clearly stated that the article is an opinion piece rather than a current events article. who better to educate the populace than those who hold the public podium. this applies to more than just the use of drugs at musical events but a greater responsibility of new agencies around the world
Actually you need to drink just enough water to keep you body hydrated, drinking to much water while taking molly can be lethal as well, once u r lowering ur sodium level in ur blood ; dilution of the blood that can cause swelling of the brain – hyponatremia
Actually you need to drink just enough water to keep you body hydrated, drinking to much water while taking molly can be lethal as well, once u r lowering ur sodium level in ur blood ; dilution of the blood that can cause swelling of the brain – hyponatremia
bath salts 4 lyfe
bath salts 4 lyfe
Felicia Molly has been around for decades, its not just your generation.
Should we ban cheese burgers as well for all the obese people dying? No. Go fly a kite.
How about someone starts posting articles about how incredible the experience and scenery was and the rest of the 25,000 + people who were on cloud 9.
We’ve been saying the same thing about cigarettes, and yet you can buy those cancer sticks on every corner in the world…
I think what, something in the range of 1250 people die on a daily basis from ‘overdosing’ on cancer causing products?
Not to diminish the impact of drugs on you and your family’s life, but sometimes it isn’t anyone’s fault.
People choose their weapon of choice. We blame one another for something that has no explanation.
Roughly 80,000 alcohol related deaths happen each year in the US. The news doesn’t seem to go after every event / company that serves that. Interesting backwards world we live in.
While media is portraying everything on their own agenda, I don’t think it should be up to them to educate people on the hazards of things. If I’m going to do something new I would be sure to educate myself on it. You wouldn’t jump out of an airplane before first making sure to learn how to skydive would you?
Not just Molly, “two Mollies” hahahahahahahahaaa.
What the shit? I can’t believe that report. The festival was an AMAZING experience. Plus, most of the attendees came from the west side of the mountains and weren’t acclimated to the high desert sun or heat. Four weeks ago I purposely started to wear layers in the Oregon valley sun and started building my base tan so I wouldn’t shrivel up and die while I was raging my face off for the weekend. I even got food poisoning on Friday morning prior to the festival (Yes that was me puking my guts out by the food carts) and still managed to take care of myself and attend day one with full force. And a “new” drug called Molly? Please MDMA, MDA and its counterparts Molly and Sass have been around forever. They are painting the EDM scene in an incredibly negative light where in reality it is the one place I actually feel at home. Where people are incredibly friendly, accepting and social cliques no longer exist like they do outside of us. I wish these people would attend a show, then maybe they could get a grasp on how our culture actually works.
All I can say is that this past weekend was the most amazing experience of my life. I sure hope the 3 day rumors for next year are true
All I can say is that this past weekend was the most amazing experience of my life. I sure hope the 3 day rumors for next year are true
Personal responsibility people…
@ Fletcher Jerema I will go fly a kite, I am quite good at it…
maybe we should ban burgers, the processed meat does no good for anyone and sits at the bottom of the guts long past the grave
@ Kory Noble I get what youre saying.. I do, but it still makes me mad…
How bout they make drugs legal and provide drug info when purchased and avoid people buying who knows what from who ever they can. Then they remove the criminal aspect and raise awareness on drug fact vs. drug fiction. People are going to do them anyways, make it as safe as possible for them and get that revenue.
Education! Education ! Education! Every single one if those ppl suffered dehydration , besides the heat alone u add drugs that dehydrate u and a huge amount of ppl that also don’t know this education, stuff like this happen , I’ve seen the news report where a family member said “HE DID NOT OVERDOSE, ” he was severally dehydrated and had heat stroke and having drugs in his system just did not help , paradisco and several other festivals r amazing and a life experience , ” raves” r not bad, I’ve been to rocks shows and several different things that r 10xs worse then a “rave” ,u have ppl going to the hospital left and right for drug overdozes , alcohol poisoning, beat to death, at ” raves” u get huged to death and get to b urself and open to ppl , drugs happen everywhere and it’s sad but it’s true day to day life something evolves around something bad , please b open , parents I bet if u asked a promoter to enter the building to see whats going on i bet they would let u, ive seen parents , police , get grand treatment and full tours in and out . And every single one left the place saying wow I didn’t think it was like this , thought it was worse, ever hear don’t judge a book buy its cover?
ah geez..
right? :[
Hahahahahaahahahah omg
*weather, *affect, *Molly.
My Father, Jess Nault took me to my first rave, and almost every rave after that. He did his best to keep me safe at events, and taught me many things:
Don’t share drinks with strangers.
Don’t let people rub their sweat on you or brush up against you too much, they might have drugs in their system that comes out in their sweat.
If you don’t know what it is, don’t take it from them.
Treat everyone with kindness.
If someone asks for help, help them.
If someone looks like they need help, ask them if they do.
Don’t get in a fight.
If someone is getting hurt, help them, but be safe about it: find security.
these are the big things I learned since before I was a teen, in the rave scene, from my Father. I am so glad that my Father decided to educate me on my behavior, and eventually discussed drugs casually with me, and ALWAYS told me what the drug did, both the “trip” and the POSSIBLE negative effects, both on my body and my life.
Of course he told me not to do drugs, but he also EDUCATED me on them. Because of my Father teaching me what I need to know, when I rave, I know what to look out for, and how to look out for OTHER PEOPLE. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bought someone a water bottle, or lead them out into the smoking section to cool off, or just sat with them and hung out to keep them from having a bad trip.
Knowledge enabled me to help people over the last ten years, what have YOU done mainstream media?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=molly
its ecstasy
moronic
I think this was probably written by a kid. If so, then I understand the shallow perceptions and unconscious ideas that are written here. If this was written by an adult, then it’s a sad testimony to the immature, unconscious, childish, selfish state of America.
If anyone is at “fault”, it’s the people who are producing the drugs, and those people in the “EDM scene” who actively turn the youth onto drugs and alcohol, and even those producers who aren’t actively working to create a sober, healthy, safe, conscious environment for everyone. There are conscious ways of waking young people up to the dangers of drug and alcohol consumption. You have to be utterly childish, and stupidly unconscious to think it’s OK to advocate for consumption of either. Educating the youth on ALL the negative and positive effects of all substances is key. We should look to our dumb, failure of an education system for clues as to why so many people are ignorant and foolish in this country. If you want to point fingers at anyone, point them at yourself, your friends and family, and your fellow Americans. There is more than enough blame to go around for the stupid, unconscious, childish behavior this whole country is becoming consumed by. America… land of big babies. Grow the fuck up.
Dumbest article I have ever read.
What a stupid article….. “tried to blame the drug, Molly.”.. Are you kidding me. It was the drugs fault. Are we shocked that the media is giving bad publicity to a concert that openly markets the consumption of illegal drugs? Well done…
aww Felicia Justene… Sarcasm is clearly lost on you dear.
I appreciate your efforts, but I do hope you realize a plea to the mainstream media is worth about as much as a politician under oath: nothing.
Wait, are you agreeing with the media?
@[27222134:2048:Patrick], The concert DOES NOT openly market drugs, in fact USC events and LiveNation actively condone the consumption of illegal substances which is why USC Events actually brought in additional officers for this event. The drugs fault? How about the people that chose to consume such substances? That is like saying it’s the guns fault that somebody got murdered instead of saying, it was the murderers fault.
He took two “molly’s” and disappeared haha doesn’t sound like molly to me. Lots of fake/bad stuff going around. Gotta be smart to live dangerously.
Just don’t do drugs period, it’s that easy!
Just don’t do drugs period, it’s that easy!
THANK YOU. It’s so annoying seeing the whole music festival “scene” picked apart by people who have no idea which way is up. There’s a huge, huge misconception that everyone who goes to these are drug addicts and therefore terrible people. We’re all adults. Do what you want to do but like anything else use common sense and be smart about it. Don’t buy things from strangers without knowing exactly what’s in it. Stay cool and hydrated and don’t overdo it. Just be smart! This person obviously didn’t take Molly. Alcohol is the #1 offender for being “bad” for you, but since it’s legal it’s “OK” to do. Weed was deemed illegal way back when because hemp was a competing material for manufacturers. I’m straying from the subject here but the point is everyone has their vices and education is the most powerful tool around.
ecstasy is fucking STUPID. I’ve experimented with it for about 2-3 years starting around 2008 and it made every party the greatest party I’ve been to.. I loved EVERYTHING I heard and didn’t have any complaints.. no matter what I heard I fucking LOVED the shit out of it… but most of the time, it was crap that I would normally HATE if I were sober.. it’s SO fucking sad to know that without E, so many people wouldn’t have a reason to go raving… how many people go just for the music? and listen! I love this blog and what it posts, but damn why are you so mad that the media is scaring people about ecstasy… ECSTASY IS BAD PEOPLE SHOULD BE SCARED OF IT. PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BE ENCOURAGED TO DO IT… IF THE MEDIA STARTS TELLING YOU HOW YOU SHOULD BE TAKING IT SAFELY… THAT’S CONDONING IT. get your head out of your asses and stop taking ecstasy for recreational use.
with so many people getting their hands on it, there might as well be some guidelines to help out the idiots who take it without doing theyre homework. MDMA itself wouldn’t be too bad to take recreationally if it were pure and not mixed with other drugs and its definitely going to be around for a while whether or not people are going to the raves for the music. Im right there with ya sir, but its just one of those things thats not going to change overnight and we might as well make sure people are being safe in the process.
There are sites like erowid.org / Inform yourself for your own safety. And by the way stop doing molly. Go for LSD! 😉
everyone should blast komo 4 news and any newsmedia service that tries to do this. Call in, email, facebook and bombast the social media that they are not reporting truths and are twisting facts.
If he’d have been shot no one would have cared.
Everyone should be responsible for their own choices/decisions/health & safety!
I agree with the this”Stop trying to scare people out of doing drugs because if they want to try them, they will and there is nothing you can say to stop them. Stop holding concert venues and promotion companies responsible for these deaths because in reality, it falls upon the individual to manage their personal health. USC events worked hard to provide tight security, free water, an abundance of medical personel, and cooling tents to keep its concert goers safe. Do not blame drugs as the reason for deaths at festivals, blame the lack of education on the matter which is the key reason behind people overdosing. And surprisingly, that education partially falls upon the media. Do your job and educate the public instead of scaring them away from drugs and giving them zero knowledge on the effects.”
If this guy hadnt had the drug, he’d still be alive. Its a mixture of poor decisions and the drug
This article is dumb. For many reasons. And sounds like some teenager wrote it. A) the media DID educate people about the drug….by explaining WHY people overdosed and how bad it is for your body when you not only take Molly, but mix it with alcohol, hot weather, etc. B) majority of people I know who go to raves do drugs…so saying they shouldn’t be ‘throwing the concert promoters under the bus’ is completely missing the point. It’s the MAJOR common theme of these concerts…C) The quote, “Stop trying to scare people out of doing drugs because they are going to do them anyway and there’s no way to stop them”…HOW IGNORANT can you be? Have children and tell them that. “Coke is bad for you, son….but if you DO decide to do it…here’s how you snort it correctly.” You’ve gotta be kidding me. Like some people said in the comments below, educating people about ‘how to do drugs the right way’ is PROMOTING it! Dumb asses.
The whole situation stinks and its a shame. And my comment about them openly marketing it was an exaggeration. It was a knock at the names of at least two of the bands at the concert.
Whoever wrote this is a fucking moronmoron
It’s nobodies responsibility but your own to educate yourself on drugs and shit… Nobody gonna spoon feed u
So person “A” uses a drug one night a week responsible, lives a safe normal life, and person “B” uses that same drug 6 times a day and gets himself killed. Should person “A” be forced to stop? I don’t think so. Drugs aren’t the problem, it’s substance abuse.
“Concert goers who were friends with the young man who died said that he had mistakenly taken Bath Salts instead of the drug Molly” — Didn’t realize ‘friends’ were reportable/confirmable sources. Shoddy journalism on shoddy journalism.
and FYI it’s not a Komo story, it’s an Associated Press story.
I’ll take two mollies and three cracks please.
Dude they are beginning to use MDMA, pure MDMA, for PTSD with amazing and encouraging results. Just because your experiences haven’t been transcendent, don’t knock it for everyone else. Haven’t you learned anything from marijuana prohibition?
Since when has the media ever been about educating? It is pretty simple if you take a substance from an unknown source you have risks.
no dude. ecstacy makes you like everything you hear and that is why it’s stupid. why would you want to alter your senses like that? just enjoy events for what they are
If they’d legalize these drugs and regulate them, the risk for substituted, fake, or mixed drugs would be minimized dramatically. It’s dumb to watch adult criticize dangerous substances, rather than find ways to reduce/control their capacity for harm.
Gotta say, I stay away from the “mollies” and have a blast at festivals. But I also can say I can’t say shit about the “mollies” I’ve never done it so who knows it most likely would amplify the awesomeness that us edm. But what I can say about the “mollies” is that all my friends do it and some drop 10 points in one day and have not died, also pointing out they are no beginners to this drug. But I still highly doubt it is a killer drug, but i did hear about this guy dying from a heroin o.d and its all molly’s fault, that stupid bitch
Gotta say, I stay away from the “mollies” and have a blast at festivals. But I also can say I can’t say shit about the “mollies” I’ve never done it so who knows it most likely would amplify the awesomeness that us edm. But what I can say about the “mollies” is that all my friends do it and some drop 10 points in one day and have not died, also pointing out they are no beginners to this drug. But I still highly doubt it is a killer drug, but i did hear about this guy dying from a heroin o.d and its all molly’s fault, that stupid bitch
Gotta say, I stay away from the “mollies” and have a blast at festivals. But I also can say I can’t say shit about the “mollies” I’ve never done it so who knows it most likely would amplify the awesomeness that us edm. But what I can say about the “mollies” is that all my friends do it and some drop 10 points in one day and have not died, also pointing out they are no beginners to this drug. But I still highly doubt it is a killer drug, but i did hear about this guy dying from a heroin o.d and its all molly’s fault, that stupid bitch
molly (mdma) is no new drug. the drug was synthesized in the 70’s by Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin Ph.D. Please educate yourselves. PLUR!
actually it was originally patented and created in 1912 by german scientists as an anti depressent, after ww2 it was one of the drugs we took from the germans and made our own
actually it was originally patented and created in 1912 by german scientists as an anti depressent, after ww2 it was one of the drugs we took from the germans and made our own
I am pretty sure that is videos from last year haha.
Another report about the “overdose.” The family released info saying it was dehydration.
I passed out from dehydration at the gorge. They tried to make my girlfriend at the time buy water when I was laying there on the ground. (I was completely sober) Its funny how they can charge for water in 100 degree weather after you pay $50+ cover
Water has always been sold buy the gorge at their events. I have always come prepared. Sorry to hear about you passing out.
This is a funny example of people needing to learn their drugs, ideally before taking them.
This is a funny example of people needing to learn their drugs, ideally before taking them.
here’s an idea stay hydrated and don’t do drugs. If you came for the music then you don’t need any of that.
I’m deeply saddened about the loss.
But anyone who shared the amazing experience that took place at the Gorge that weekend will agree–Paradiso might just become a National Holiday in the future…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q51Q7N2ANk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q51Q7N2ANk