The struggles of our growing scene has taken another blow as the Ocean Club in Boston has closed down for the 2013 season due to the drug, Molly. Before the start of this summer, the Ocean Club’s biggest problem was “simple noise complaints” according to Quincy Mayor, Thomas Koch. But over the last few months, ambulances have responded to 12 overdoses at the club with most of them linked directly to Molly. In this light, police sent agents undercover into the Ocean Club last month and arrested 4 people who were charged with possession and distribution of Molly.
With all the news of Molly overdoses and deaths happening around the country, Boston is taking no chances and the mayor has strongly suggested that the club cancel the rest of their 2013 events which they have done. With their license to operate under threat, the club is taking no chances and in 2014, the club will be leveled by Marina Bay to develop apartments and retail space. Mayor Koch stated” We certainly want an owner that’s going to take this seriously and be responsive to what is occurring out there and if that’s not happening, we’re going to shut them down.”
The Ocean Club isn’t the only one in trouble either. Last week a teenager died from a molly overdose and two others were hospitalized at the House of Blues club in boston and now the police and mayor are investigating thoroughly. As the EDM scene continues to expand at an exponential rate, their has been a huge influx of new fans and followers that has made the once small community, massive. As a result of more people joining the movement, there is a greater chance of tarnishing the industry with drug related deaths and injuries done by the individual. 
Thus, I beg you to take an active role in making sure your friends are safe. Although ultimately it is up to the individual, it is equally as important that you help those in need around you by making sure they are not practicing recreational drugs in an unsafe manner. With clubs closing, festivals getting cancelled, and a new molly death scare every week, it is time we as fans take a more active role in managing our own or others will do it for us.
You can check out the local video coverage below:
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Tell me it’s not ironic that the commercial they showed before the video was for “The Big E”… http://thebige.com… wow. lol
What I really don’t understand is where this all came from. I have been going to DnB / Dubstep / House (EDM) shows for years and taking copious amounts of drugs, obviously I know my limits and I am not condoning others doing the same, but I have never once experienced people ODing at events or even follow ups from people ODing….
I love the music scene, I really do, and I am not going to deny that I do enjoy taking drugs to heighten my experiences but still how can, out of no where, so many people be undergoing overdoses and bad scenarios, it seems to me that there is either some bastard out there making bad batches of drugs or literally kids out of no where have decided that taking drugs without prior knowledge is a good idea.
This seems pointless now how I have ended this comment but I just don’t want the actions of a few immature and ill advised kids to effect the whole electronic music scene and cause its downward swing.
Long live Electronic music and the shows that coincide, but please, people…….take a moment and THINK before you either do, or agree to do something……
Well considering that (at least in the New Orleans area) about 90% of what’s going around as Molly is actually bath salts, it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that people are dropping like flies. If you must do the drugs, know your limit and get fucking test kits. I don’t understand what’s so hard about that.
00:07 “This drug is known as molly, a pure form of ecstasy”.
Molly = street for MDMA.
Ecstasy = street for pill containing two or more “party” drugs. Usually contains MDMA.
00:40 “It’s very similar to ecstasy. Ummm, it’s similar in chemical structure”.
Ecstasy is a mixed pill, not a chemical.
01:25 “Died after an apparent overdose at a NYC music festival. Investigators are also linking her death to molly; a drug that’s not only dangerous, but difficult to detect”.
The camera zooms in on a scanner with a red screen showing methylone (cathinone). Most viewers don’t know the chemical name for “molly”. I see no purpose for this clip other than adding weight to reporter’s dialog.
People have been taking MDMA since the 80s. Millions take it every year. Kids are just getting dumber. Stay educated and think for yourself.
Mayor’s full of shit. There were 122 alcohol related deaths in Mass. alone. That’s 1/3 of all traffic deaths in the state. There were less than 50 deaths in the entire country related to drugs and/or MDMA which can’t yet be proven. But alcohol is ok because of the revenue it brings. Yeah, have another drink Mayor Koch.
This is what happens when a genre/scene goes mainstream, all the stupid new kids who don’t even know what EDM stands for, with their glow gloves and molly screwing up the scene for everyone else who actually cares about the music.