Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: [an 47455] at [anon.penet.fi] (bardeau)
Date: Sun,  9 Jan 1994 09:04:34 UTC
Subject: Re: Second revision of my MDMA FAX


There is a real connection between MDMA and the rave scene, at
the present time, in Spain.  I was over there recently and got
a feel for the way it is expressed.

There it is called Ruta del Bakalao, or the Route of the Cod.  
Rather than following the English pattern (all night dancing in
a barn with heat, drugs, little water, and loud music) and the US
counterpart (better advertised, but still all night in a single
place) there it is a gathering on Friday night in Madrid, and a
migration towards the nearest seacoast.  The closest one to
Madrid is Valencia on the eastern coast.  Hence, the route of the
cod.  So everyone heads east, but there are bars and dancing, and
partying, all supplemented with MDMA, and alcohol, and speed, and
everything else that might offend the establishment.  Every bar
between Madrid and Valencia is completely filled with party
people, stoned, happy, noisy, moving on to find friends at the 
next bar or dance hall.  Half way through the trip (Saturday 
night) there is a consensus that it is time to head home, so the
party heads west again, and after 48 hours without sleep or rest,
everyone returns to Madrid tired, dehydrated, and ready for a few
days of work until the weekend comes around again.  Some people 
drive all the way through to the seashore, but most folks never 
actually make it to the coast.

MDMA is not the only drug on the scene, but it is a major factor.
And, as the possession of drugs, any drugs, and the use of any
drugs, is legal in Spain as long as it is for your own use, there 
is little that the authorities can do.  It is legal to possess, 
to use, and to buy small amounts of anything (MDMA, pot, cocaine,
heroin) as long as it is for personal use.  It is selling that is 
against the law.

Kafka lives.

Bardeau


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