LA Coliseum Bans Raves

Moratorium follows teen's OD death
Posted Jul 1, 2010 2:08 AM CDT
LA Coliseum Bans Raves
Some 185,000 people attended the 2-day Electric Daisy Carnival even where a 15-year-old girl died of a drug overdose.   (YouTube)

Los Angeles has banished techno parties from the Coliseum following the death of a 15-year-old girl from a suspected drug overdose at last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival mega-rave. Authorities—who had been urged by doctors to end raves at the venue—say a temporary ban will remain in place while criteria for organizers using the venue are reviewed, reports the Los Angeles Times.
(More raves stories.)

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