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'''DanceSafe''' is a [[nonprofit organization]], with 21<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter Map |url=http://dancesafe.org/about-dancesafe/chapters |publisher=DanceSafe |accessdate=6/4/2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603123609/http://dancesafe.org/about-dancesafe/chapters |archivedate=2012-06-03 |df= }}</ref> local chapters in the [[US]] and [[Canada]]. DanceSafe youth volunteers set up tables at [[rave]]s and other events to distribute non-biased educational literature containing information describing the effects and risks associated with the use of various drugs and sell testing kits so that users may obtain more information about the contents of their pills<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2015/07/28/drug-test-providers-have-trouble-helping-id-dangerous-drugs-at-events-like-paradiso|title=Drug-test providers have trouble helping ID dangerous drugs at events like Paradiso|last=Henterly|first=Lael|work=Inlander|access-date=2017-10-03|language=en}}</ref>. They also offer on site peer counseling, health and safety tools ([[Condoms]], [[water]], [[earplugs]]) and patrols for events that assist in keeping patrons safe<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/meet-the-people-who-want-to-make-it-safer-to-take-drugs-at-festivals-20150807|title=Meet the People Who Want to Make Drugs Safer at Festivals|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>.
'''DanceSafe''' is a [[Berkeley, California]] based [[nonprofit organization]] founded in 1998 by then 30 year old Emanuel Sferios.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=MS |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6N0JSkTI3j4C&pg=PA120 |title=Inside dope, what's in that pill anyways? |last2=DJP |date=June 2000 |publisher=[[SPIN Magazine]] |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref> They have 17<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dancesafe.org/get-involved/local-chapters/|title=Local Chapters|website=DanceSafe|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> local chapters in the [[US]] and [[Canada]]. DanceSafe youth volunteers set up tables at music festivals, [[rave]]s, and other events to distribute non-biased educational literature focused on harm reduction for safe and responsible drug use, including testing kits so that users may obtain more information about the contents of their pills.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2015/07/28/drug-test-providers-have-trouble-helping-id-dangerous-drugs-at-events-like-paradiso|title=Drug-test providers have trouble helping ID dangerous drugs at events like Paradiso|last=Henterly|first=Lael|work=Inlander|access-date=2017-10-03|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/new-philly-dancesafe-chapter-harm-reduction/|title=Synthetic MDMA: An undetectable crisis|last=Baker|first=Brandon|date=March 4, 2015|website=www.phillyvoice.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306054524/http://www.phillyvoice.com:80/new-philly-dancesafe-chapter-harm-reduction/ |archive-date=2015-03-06 |access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> They also offer on site peer counseling, health and safety tools ([[Condoms]], [[water]], [[earplugs]]) and patrols for events that assist in keeping patrons safe.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/meet-the-people-who-want-to-make-it-safer-to-take-drugs-at-festivals-20150807|title=Meet the People Who Want to Make Drugs Safer at Festivals|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>


DanceSafe was founded in 1998 by Emanuel Sferios. He resigned in 2001.<ref>[http://www.dancesafe.org/eman-resignation.php DanceSafe: Emanuel Sferios resigns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509051813/http://www.dancesafe.org/eman-resignation.php |date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> Bryan Oley served as Board President and [[Executive director]] from 2001-2009, Nathan Messer from 2009 - 2012, Melissa "Missi" Wooldridge from 2012 - 2016 and is currently headed by Mitchell Gomez. DanceSafe currently has a four-member board of directors who oversee the operations of the organization.
Sferios has resigned in 2001.<ref>[http://www.dancesafe.org/eman-resignation.php DanceSafe: Emanuel Sferios resigns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509051813/http://www.dancesafe.org/eman-resignation.php |date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> Tim Santamour served as Executive Director from 2001 to 2004. Bryan Oley served as Board President and from 2001–2009, Nathan Messer from 2009–2012, Melissa "Missi" Wooldridge from 2012–2016 and is currently headed by Mitchell Gomez. DanceSafe currently has a four-member board of directors who oversee the operations of the organization.


Emanuel Sferios, the founder of DanceSafe, claims that his organization has saved lives by preventing young people from taking the more dangerous adulterated pills and by educating them.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/youth/july-dec01/ecstasy.html Online NewsHour: Ecstasy Explosion-- July 30, 2001]</ref>
Emanuel Sferios, the founder of DanceSafe, claims that his organization has saved lives by preventing young people from taking the more dangerous adulterated pills and by educating them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/youth/july-dec01/ecstasy.html |title=Online NewsHour: Ecstasy Explosion-- July 30, 2001 |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105165127/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/youth/july-dec01/ecstasy.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 31, 2017, DanceSafe was part of a coalition of drug safety organisations hosting the first-ever International Drug Checking Day to raise awareness of safer drug use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wn9bpw/international-drug-checking-day-march-31-2017-harm-reduction/|title=First-Ever International Drug Checking Day to be Held This Friday|website=VICE|date=2017-03-31|language=en|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/read/march-31-is-the-first-ever-international-drug-checking-day-news/|title=MARCH 31 IS THE FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL DRUG CHECKING DAY|website=MIXMAG|date=2017-03-31|language=en|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> The initiative was aimed at recreational users, with a particular emphasis on the nightlife community, and aims to promote harm reduction—accepting that people will choose to take drugs, and providing them with tools to minimize the risks.


==Laboratory adulterant screening==
==Laboratory adulterant screening==
Since 1999, DanceSafe has manufactured and sold consumer drug checking kits as part of their harm reduction services for users. DanceSafe also offers on-site pill testing services at harm reduction booths at electronic music events in the United States and Canada. DanceSafe coordinates with event promoters before offering on-site testing services, since some provisions of the so-called [[Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act|Rave Act]] laws hold organizers and venue owners liable for drug use at their events.
DanceSafe no longer offers laboratory analysis of pills. This service is now being offered through [http://www.ecstasydata.org EcstasyData.org], a project of [[Erowid Center]] (an educational non-profit), which performs anonymous pill testing with additional support from several organizations and foundations, including DanceSafe<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecstasydata.org/about.php|title=EcstasyData.org: About Us : Overview|last=EcstasyData.org|website=www.ecstasydata.org|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>. Lab fees for testing vary depending on the form of the substance (powder, pharmaceutical tablet, or street table) and include DEA-approved disposal of substances. People wanting laboratory analysis of their pressed pill (Sep 2014) must provide a co-pay of $40. Testing of powders not pressed into tablets costs the sender $150. The project accepts donations to support drug checking and pill-testing. All testing results since the beginning of the program in 1998 are available for review at EcstasyData's website. Ecstasydata.org has broadened in scope, and now is running analysis of other recreational drugs (Including street cocaine to determine the spread of the contaminant [[Levamisole]]), and provided testing of uncommon research chemicals<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecstasydata.org/stats.php|title=EcstasyData.org: Test Result Statistics: Summary Data|last=EcstasyData.org|website=www.ecstasydata.org|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>.


DanceSafe's consumer laboratory pill analysis program was taken over by the [[Erowid|Erowid Center]] in 2001, who now offers drug analysis services for pills and other psychoactive substances through [https://www.drugsdata.org/ DrugsData] (formerly EctstasyData). [https://www.erowid.org/ Erowid] is an educational non-profit that receives additional support from several organizations, including DanceSafe. Lab fees for testing vary depending on the form of the substance (powder, pharmaceutical tablet, or street table) and include DEA-approved disposal of substances. The project accepts donations to support drug checking and pill-testing. All testing results since the beginning of the program in 1998 are available for review on [https://www.drugsdata.org/ DrugData.org].
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In addition to the work at raves and other events, DanceSafe ran an online harm-reduction 'booth' from 2001-2010. The Booth's administrator was Bryan Oley<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.dancesafe.org|title=Dancesafe {{!}} Forums powered by UBB.threads™|website=archive.dancesafe.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>.


== Harm Reduction ==
Dancesafe recently co-hosted the 8th International Club Health conference in [[San Francisco]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823223753/http://www.clubhealthsf2013.org/] that included Academic, [[Law Enforcement]], Harm Reduction and Health agencies from over 17 countries across the world.
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In addition to the work at raves and other events, DanceSafe ran an online [[harm-reduction]] 'booth' from 2001–2010. The Booth's administrator was Bryan Oley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.dancesafe.org|title=Dancesafe {{!}} Forums powered by UBB.threads™|website=archive.dancesafe.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001220300/http://archive.dancesafe.org/|archive-date=2017-10-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, Dancesafe co-hosted the 8th International Club Health conference in [[San Francisco]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823223753/http://www.clubhealthsf2013.org/] that included Academic, [[law enforcement]], Harm Reduction and Health agencies from over 17 countries across the world.

Dancesafe also became the first Youth Harm Reduction organization to officially partner with the ID&T/SFX Partnered "TomorrowWorld" festival held in [[Chattahoochee Hills]], GA. The first partnership of its kind, it was hallmarked by the festivals extremely low rate of medical emergencies and lack of deaths<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/z45bjj/tomorrowworld-dance-safe-drug-test-harm-reduction|title=At TomorrowWorld, DanceSafe Will Tell You About Your Drugs|date=2013-09-24|work=Thump|access-date=2017-10-03|language=en-us}}</ref>.

Current Board of Directors include:

Dina Perrone, PhD - '''Board President'''<br>
Bryan Oley - '''Vice President'''<br>
Chalaina Conners - '''Board Member'''<br>

Current staff includes:

Mitchell Gomez- '''Executive Director'''<br>
Madalyn McElwain '''Deputy Director'''<br>
Kristin Karas - '''Director of Programs'''


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.dancesafe.org/ Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323132534/https://dancesafe.org/ |date=2021-03-23 }}
* [http://www.dancesafe.org/ The DanceSafe homepage]

* [http://www.ecstasydata.org/ The EcstasyData.org homepage]
* [http://www.harmreduction.org/ The Harm Reduction Coalition homepage]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060613074150/http://quihn.org.au/ Information and harm reduction strategies for ecstasy and other illicit drugs]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dancesafe.mobile Dancesafe Mobile App]
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 16 August 2024

DanceSafe
Formation1998
Key people
Emanuel Sferios, Bryan Oley, Dina Perrone, Chalaina Conners, Mitchell Gomez
Websitehttps://www.dancesafe.org/

DanceSafe is a Berkeley, California based nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by then 30 year old Emanuel Sferios.[1] They have 17[2] local chapters in the US and Canada. DanceSafe youth volunteers set up tables at music festivals, raves, and other events to distribute non-biased educational literature focused on harm reduction for safe and responsible drug use, including testing kits so that users may obtain more information about the contents of their pills.[3][4] They also offer on site peer counseling, health and safety tools (Condoms, water, earplugs) and patrols for events that assist in keeping patrons safe.[5]

Sferios has resigned in 2001.[6] Tim Santamour served as Executive Director from 2001 to 2004. Bryan Oley served as Board President and from 2001–2009, Nathan Messer from 2009–2012, Melissa "Missi" Wooldridge from 2012–2016 and is currently headed by Mitchell Gomez. DanceSafe currently has a four-member board of directors who oversee the operations of the organization.

Emanuel Sferios, the founder of DanceSafe, claims that his organization has saved lives by preventing young people from taking the more dangerous adulterated pills and by educating them.[7]

On March 31, 2017, DanceSafe was part of a coalition of drug safety organisations hosting the first-ever International Drug Checking Day to raise awareness of safer drug use.[8][9] The initiative was aimed at recreational users, with a particular emphasis on the nightlife community, and aims to promote harm reduction—accepting that people will choose to take drugs, and providing them with tools to minimize the risks.

Laboratory adulterant screening

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Since 1999, DanceSafe has manufactured and sold consumer drug checking kits as part of their harm reduction services for users. DanceSafe also offers on-site pill testing services at harm reduction booths at electronic music events in the United States and Canada. DanceSafe coordinates with event promoters before offering on-site testing services, since some provisions of the so-called Rave Act laws hold organizers and venue owners liable for drug use at their events.

DanceSafe's consumer laboratory pill analysis program was taken over by the Erowid Center in 2001, who now offers drug analysis services for pills and other psychoactive substances through DrugsData (formerly EctstasyData). Erowid is an educational non-profit that receives additional support from several organizations, including DanceSafe. Lab fees for testing vary depending on the form of the substance (powder, pharmaceutical tablet, or street table) and include DEA-approved disposal of substances. The project accepts donations to support drug checking and pill-testing. All testing results since the beginning of the program in 1998 are available for review on DrugData.org.

Harm Reduction

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In addition to the work at raves and other events, DanceSafe ran an online harm-reduction 'booth' from 2001–2010. The Booth's administrator was Bryan Oley.[10] In 2013, Dancesafe co-hosted the 8th International Club Health conference in San Francisco [1] that included Academic, law enforcement, Harm Reduction and Health agencies from over 17 countries across the world.

References

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  1. ^ MS; DJP (June 2000). Inside dope, what's in that pill anyways?. SPIN Magazine. p. 119.
  2. ^ "Local Chapters". DanceSafe. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  3. ^ Henterly, Lael. "Drug-test providers have trouble helping ID dangerous drugs at events like Paradiso". Inlander. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  4. ^ Baker, Brandon (March 4, 2015). "Synthetic MDMA: An undetectable crisis". www.phillyvoice.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  5. ^ "Meet the People Who Want to Make Drugs Safer at Festivals". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  6. ^ DanceSafe: Emanuel Sferios resigns Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Online NewsHour: Ecstasy Explosion-- July 30, 2001". PBS. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "First-Ever International Drug Checking Day to be Held This Friday". VICE. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  9. ^ "MARCH 31 IS THE FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL DRUG CHECKING DAY". MIXMAG. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  10. ^ "Dancesafe | Forums powered by UBB.threads™". archive.dancesafe.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
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