Pubdate: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Copyright: 2003, Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n789/a05.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/rave+act (Rave Act) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/raves.htm (Raves) ANTI-DRUG OVERDOSE A last-minute addition to the Amber Alert bill has caused belated disquiet among some members of Congress who voted for it. It could, in principle, mean that the owners of concert venues could have their property confiscated because of audience behavior - fighting, drug-taking - that no realistic level of security could prevent. What this measure has to do with missing children escapes us, but Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del, arranged to have a subcommittee tack it onto the Amber Alert bill, which duly passed anyway. Like other anti-drug laws, such as the ones allowing for forfeiture of property involved in drug use even if the owner was not the party responsible and was never charged with or convicted of a crime, this law is overly broad. It should never have passed, not even as part of another more popular law. - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk