Biography

[one problem is] a history of drug policy that's been more a criminalization and prohibition approach as opposed to a harm-reduction and pro-active approach. Nobody wants to admit that drug use is even prevalent-let alone take safe measures for it. With sex education we tell our kids the safest way to not get an STD or get pregnant is to be abstinent, but, let's be realistic and give you the proper tools to do it safely. The approach with drug education in this country is the complete opposite.

The most common adulterants in the samples tested by the Bunk Police kits this summer were the synthetic drugs known as bath salts, including the cathinones MDPV, methylone and mephedrone. Bath salts were so prevalent that some of the concert goers who were convinced they were "rolling" on real MDMA were shocked when tests revealed they were taking bath salts. Every hit of Molly they'd ever taken, was probably bath salts, so they didn't know the difference.