Agony of ecstasy at killer NYC rave

NY Post; By Kirstan Conley, Larry Celona

Organizers abruptly canceled

yesterdays revelry just hours before it was scheduled to begin, under pressure from
the city.
A Syracuse grad and a Rhode Island co-ed died after popping Ecstasy pills at the wild
Electric Zoo music fest prompting officials to shut down the megaparty, which drew
100,000 ravers to Randalls Island over the weekend. I just took six hits of Molly, tragic
20-year-old Olivia Rotondo told an EMS worker on Saturday, referring to the drugs street
name before suddenly collapsing in a seizure and dying.
and Bob Frederick, September 2, 2013 | 12:31am

Raves Equal Death By Drugs, Says L.A. Times CBS Local, By Scott t. Sterling,
February 4, 2013

Concerts canceled in NH, Quincy after drug overdoses

MyFoxboston.com;

The affects from several overdose deaths have led to the

cancellations of two popular concerts. According to the Union Leader, the Verizon
Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H., has pulled the plug on the rave concert by
Barstool Blackout Tour scheduled for Sept. 28.
Posted: Sep 05, 2013 8:37 AM

Six Flags cancels rave after rash of ODs elsewhere

BostonHerald.com, Thursday, September 5, 2013, By John Zaremba and Dave Wedge

Six Flags New England officials have canceled an all-ages electronic music festival staged by the same promoters whose Quincy shows saw 12
overdoses this summer, most from the red-hot club drug molly. Park officials today confirmed they have called off Electric Adventure, which had
been slated to take place at the Agawam amusement park Sept. 28.

The Ocean Club in Quincy also canceled a Sept. 20 concert, reports the Boston Globe.

MyFoxBoston.com; posted September5,

2013, 8:37 a.m. The move comes after Mayor Thomas Koch and Quincy Police Chief Paul Keenan urged the club to cancel the last event of

the season. Undercover officers arrested eight people at the Marina Bay night club following 12 reported overdoses this summer.

House of Blues to shut down tonight after woman, 19, dies, two others injured, in apparent drug overdose

The Boston Globe;

by Brian Ballou, Globe Staff, August 28, 2013. The House of Blues, a popular nightclub on Lansdowne Street in Bostons Fenway area, will voluntarily

shut down tonight after one person died and two others were hospitalized from apparent drug overdoses there early today.

Drug Deaths Threaten Rising Business of Electronic Music Fests

Billboardbiz, By Kerri Mason, September 6, 2013, 5:02 pm EDT.

"The biggest thing that adds to your bottom line from day one without selling a ticket is a brand partner. If they're reading that kids die at
these things, they're gone, and if they're gone, it's absolutely devastating for promoters."

Drug Deaths Threaten Rising Business of Electronic Music Fests

NY Times, By Ben Sisario and James C. McKinley, Jr, published

September 9, 2013. The ecstasy-related deaths come just weeks before an expected initial public offering by SFX Entertainment, a new

company whose fortunes are predicated on sponsorship and media deals for electronic dance music, or E.D.M.

Investigators say deaths in Boston, New York, and DC may be linked to 'Molly'

FoxNews.co; published September 08, 2013. Investigators are

examining whether four recent deaths in three Eastern cities might be linked to a bad batch of the club drug "Molly," a supposedly pure form of
ecstasy, or MDMA.

UMass Amherst Cancels Electronic Music Concert, Takes Steps to Educate Students about Dangers of Molly
AMHERST, Mass. Citing concerns about the health and safety of the
campus community, University of Massachusetts Amherst officials are cancelling a Sept. 21 electronic dance party at the Mullins Center and warning
students about the dangers of the drug MDMA, known as Molly.
UMass Amherst News & Media relations, Ed Blaguszewski; September 11, 2013

Electric Tomato Festival Cancelled by Nassau Coliseum Following Deaths At Nearby Electric Zoo Festival
Newsday, September 17, 2013 10:29 AM EDT by David Criblez. The first "Electric Tomato Festival" has been called off by the Nassau Coliseum due to,

reportedly, recent drug overdose incidents at other events involving EDM.

Overdoses Shut Down Connecticut Amusement Park Concert

NBCConnecticut;, Monday, Sep 23, 2013 | Updated 7:00 AM EDT What began
Saturday night as a rave concert with a sea of young people in attendance ended with what police are calling a "mass casualty event" at Quassy
Amusement Park in Middlebury, Connecticut.

RAVES' FATAL TOLL The deadly mix of drugs and raves

LATimes/By Rong-Gong Lin II, Paul Pringle and Andrew Blankstein,

Struggling local governments welcome large music events staged by L.A.-based promoters, but a review of
coroners and law enforcement reports reveal a tragic pattern of drug overdoses.
published February 2, 2013.

Operation Walking Dead: Multinational Drug Bust Nets 54 Arrests in 9 Countries, multinational Molly Drug
Bust WHEC TV News in Rochester, NY, 9/16/2013
One man dead, over 100 hospitalized from drug overdoses at last weekend's Paradiso Festival in Washington State
KBO12.com/By COMO staff; published 7/1/2013

Long Island 'Haunted Coliseum' rave ends in chaos; three trampled to death at Steve Aoki Halloween party in
Madrid Artistdirect/Brooklyn Vegan; 11/1/2012
Raves: 14 Deaths After Insomniac, Go Ventures EDM Parties LAWeekly/By Dennis Romero, February 4, 2013
Keep raves out of the Coliseum, doctors urge |By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2010
Drug overdoses and injuries send scores of teens and young adults to hospitals after the weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival.

Death, Money and Megaraves Why Los Angeles politicians embrace a growing Ecstasy phenom that kills.
LAWeekly, By Dennis Romero, Thursday, Dec 30 2010

One Dead, Dozens hospitalized During Rave At Fair Park By Matt Goodman, CBSDFW.COM, June 19, 2011 3:02 PM
Second death linked to Texas rave By the CNN Wire Staff, June 23, 2011 4:07 p.m.