Yikes.
So the University condones the use of Benzofury, and further, it recommends that if you buy drugs, you should have them tested for purity before you take them.
"Make the decision to test your pills with an affordable drug testing kit, such as those available at dancesafe.org."
"Good to know" point #1: dancesafe test kits DON'T TEST for the presence of chemicals that can freakin' kill you. They only test for the presence of MDMA or whatever drug it is that you think you're buying.
"Good to know" point #2: If the kid who died last year had tested his drugs, and found the pills to actually contain the product he was buying...he would still be just as DEAD.
"Good to know" point #3: If someone buys whatever...and tests it with a dancesafe kit...and dies or has any adverse reaction to it, the university has now created a legal liability, and can be sued.
C'mon...this must be an "SD on the QT" story. I KNOW the university didn't really spend $45k of my tax dollars to create grounds for a multi-million dollar payout to the parents of some junkie who ODs on cleaning fluid while partying on campus.
That's hilarious.
Wait.
What?
Never mind.
— March 30, 2015 7:11 p.m.
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Tasting rooms, breweries NOT blamed for problems
"But on the whole, as described, this crime wave may or may not exist, except in the minds of a few." Between 2014 and 2015: Alcohol crimes in OB jumped 20%. (so there were "plenty of citations and arrests to be made," as Visduh put it). Violent crimes (often involving alcohol) declined by 5% in OB. And in for the first six months of 2016, there were 5% fewer violent crimes in OB, compared to the first six months of 2015. Stats for alcohol crimes aren't available So overall, violent crime is down slightly in OB, whether you look at the numbers for the last two calendar years, or compare the latest cumulative monthly tallies. Good news! But looking at alcohol crimes, with the one-year jump of 20%...y'all can draw your own conclusions. Alcoholics and bar owners will blame the homeless, as usual. But yeah, the cops were kept really busy last year in OB, handling all the charming behaviors associated with alcohol. Adding more breweries will help reduce problems, though, because they only serve beer. And no one gets drunk on beer. Especially craft beer, even if it does have twice as much alcohol in it. Because it's just BEER, man, not demon rum. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.— August 3, 2016 12:49 p.m.
No penalty for Sun God drugging
This has nothing to do with Napolitano. It's a state "Good Samaritan" law passed a couple of years ago. It goes something like this: If your party posse comprises such D-bags that they'd rather watch you die from an overdose than dial 9-1-1 to save your life...they can rest assured that they won't get in trouble for their own drug use when authorities show up. AB 472...you could look it up. Dialing back the snark-o-meter just a tad, it's a good law and can save lives. Now you kids get off my lawn.....and take your beer cans and K-2 wrappers with you.— March 31, 2015 5:19 p.m.
No penalty for Sun God drugging
Yikes. So the University condones the use of Benzofury, and further, it recommends that if you buy drugs, you should have them tested for purity before you take them. "Make the decision to test your pills with an affordable drug testing kit, such as those available at dancesafe.org." "Good to know" point #1: dancesafe test kits DON'T TEST for the presence of chemicals that can freakin' kill you. They only test for the presence of MDMA or whatever drug it is that you think you're buying. "Good to know" point #2: If the kid who died last year had tested his drugs, and found the pills to actually contain the product he was buying...he would still be just as DEAD. "Good to know" point #3: If someone buys whatever...and tests it with a dancesafe kit...and dies or has any adverse reaction to it, the university has now created a legal liability, and can be sued. C'mon...this must be an "SD on the QT" story. I KNOW the university didn't really spend $45k of my tax dollars to create grounds for a multi-million dollar payout to the parents of some junkie who ODs on cleaning fluid while partying on campus. That's hilarious. Wait. What? Never mind.— March 30, 2015 7:11 p.m.
Ché Café sit-in is a bust
Uhhh...why would sheriff's deputies care about something that happened on the UCSD campus? UCSD has its own police. And even if it didn't, it's in the city of San Diego. Which, BTW, also has a police force. Turning up the snark-o-meter a bit.... How much critical thinking does it take to know 1. that you are on a university campus? 2. that the university has its own cops? 3. the city in which the campus is located? It's not that I'm insensitive to what this group wants, but come on, people. And before someone blasts me for my casual approach to grammar etc..I'm not the one claiming to have one iota of critical thinking skills or intelligence.— March 24, 2015 7:04 p.m.
Drug-fueled Sun God chomps into UCSD budget
If the university put more cops on campus during Sun God, how many more "incidents" would happen? The officers are so busy they can't even deal with many of the drunken idiocy that goes on. #tipofthefreakiniceberg Oh, BTW, all those extra cops from 15 different agencies? Their work was grant-funded, which means the taxpayers footed the bill. Again. Remember in previous years, university officials hinted that Sun God problems were the work of those off-campus agitators, not from their own fair-haired student body. So they eliminated 3000 tickets for 'non-affiliates,' and the rate of incidents remained the same. "...Address the broader concern of drug and alcohol use on campus" indeed. This year maybe they should hire TWO consultants.— September 29, 2014 6:51 p.m.
Drug-fueled Sun God chomps into UCSD budget
Whew. Lighten up, Alex. Didn't you read the story all the way through? They're going to have a committee look into it.— September 29, 2014 6:34 p.m.
Violent crime and bad records plague UCSD
"Students overdosing on drugs and alcohol? I'm shocked, shocked." C'mon, universities have turned a blind eye to this issue for...hell, decades. UCSD's no different than virutally every major university. The attitude has always been "Those crazy kids need to blow off some steam, because school is haaaard." The school has run a detox/triage center every year for over a decade, yet people are claiming this is something new. Last year, one UCSD official asked whether someone had to die before the Sun God-specific problems were taken seriously. I guess we have an answer. Someone died...and there going to.. drum roll... form another committee.— September 29, 2014 6:08 p.m.
Drunken Sun God quelled by 15 cop shops
Quote: A medically monitored detox center set up on the campus "saw approximately 20 students, 5 of who were ultimately transported to the hospital, while 15 were released (this facility was new this year, so we have no comparative data)." - Unquote Hooey. Every year since, well, dirt, the campus health center staff (including people with letters after their names) have worked the detox center. Who do you think sent the drunk/poisoned students to the hospital? The totals are right there in the previous paragraph. SOMEbody did some medical triage/evaluation. Also, Mr. Potter might ask how many different police departments were involved in previous years. This isn't the first year that a small army of cops from all over the state descended on Sun God in an attempt to keep people safe. In fact, that's been going on for many years.— September 16, 2014 4:56 p.m.
Spring Valley bar to ditch liquor license
Wow. I'm sure the reporter misunderstood something. There's no way he could have got the facts SO wrong. 1. According to the ABC website, this business has a beer & wine license now --it has NEVER been allowed to sell hard liquor. 2. This business is getting a beer-only license that requires them to sell sandwiches or snacks, but not have a full kitchen or menu 3. The new license will mean they can't sell WINE. I grew up in Spring Valley, and I can attest to the fact that the chardonnay-sipping ruffians are a real big problem in that community. 4. The new license means minors will be allowed in the bar. Not just 18 and up, but anyone of any age is allowed in a type 40 establishment. The operator may SAY he'll keep kids out, and maybe there are such requirements in CA tobacco laws, but there's no such requirement under ABC law. I'm not against alcohol or hookah, for that matter. However, let's inject a bit of intellectual honesty here: The only valid reason for swapping the license type is so that people under 21 will be allowed into this establishment.— September 8, 2014 1:23 p.m.