Raves are all night parties attended by youths aged from 14-25; they are made up of DJs playing loud electronic music normally generated by computers. Raves first emerged in the mid-1980s in Britain as after parties when clubs were closed. Since then, raves have gained popularity in many other countries in the world and expanded itself into a youth culture. Rave admission fees normally range from $5 for nightly events, and prices have gone up to $200 for the biggest events. Since rave events have attracted up to 30,000 youths aged from 14-25 in one event, drug usage at raves have also become a concern for parents and politicians recently. To make raves safer, policies have been created to try to control rave events, and to legally publicize and hold a rave today; the promoter must hold a proper permit. Driving raves underground by banning them will only make them more dangerous because they are harder to monitor, therefore more lives are at risk. The government needs take the responsibility to try helping make raves safer; rave parties should not be banned by the government.
             Bans would only force raves to be illegally held underground at unsafe venues. Underground raves have been proven much more dangerous than controlled raves. If the government bans raves, the raves would just move on to the underground, making them a lot more dangerous. To acquire a permit for a rave, the venue must comply with the rave protocol that was made to ensure the safety of venues for raves. According to the protocol, venues must have been reviewed long before the event, and the venue must provide running water at no charge. Raves in the underground have been the cause of many deaths due to the lack of water, air or space. On October 10 1999, Allan Ho who was a 21-year-old Ryerson student died from an ecstasy overdose at a rave. He attended an underground rave that was held in an abandoned warehouse that provided no running water and very poor ventilatio...