These are comments and suggestions from people who have visited our booth at raves and nightclubs:

03/11/00 Add duration of drug in body (if you need to pass a drug test). Peyote info. X should be cheap ... free. Condoms. 03/18/00 Mushrooms, Nitrous, Mescaline, Cocaine, Crack, Marijuana, DXM info. Sell testing kits. 03/25/00 Mushroom info. 04/08/00 The effect of drugs (or no effect) if you’re on some prescribed medication. Presentation at Independence H.S. (Rio Rancho). 04/22/00 Refilling water should be available. $1 water. Keep it up. People want to know how long ecstasy stays in your system. Cards for inhalants: ether, etc. 04/29/00 Moist towelettes. Portapotties. More tents. 05/06/00 AMT info. Free drugs. More free drugs. 06/26/00 You guys are awesome! Thanx. 07/08/00 You guys rule!! 07/14/00 Absolutely need citronella candles for the bugs. Hand sanitizer. 07/29/00 Keep the tradition baby! Free glowsticks (with mandatory donation). Free drugs for everyone. All the bud you can smoke. Need huge sign that says DanceSafe on it. Need sign that says PILL TESTING on it. 11/04/00 Suckers. Oh yeah, mints! Water. 11/11/00 Booklets on animal rights. Thank you! You guys (and women) tear it up! You guys are awesome and save lives. Bad Asses! You guys are pimps. You guys are awesome. Everything you do to help everyone is great!! 11/24/00 Thankx for your continuous love and support!!! I love you. Peace. Righteous. 12/00 Voter registration. You guys are dope. You gurls rule. You are the best. You rule. You guys are unbelievably wonderful. Thank you so much! Info on heroin. Bring in large fans for air circulation. 01/13/01 The info is great! I’m taking one of each drug info flyers home to my kids so they can make the right choices too!! Thanks. Mints. Oh yeah, mints. Make GHB flyer more exciting. Doing a GREAT job THANK YOU! Love. Doing a pretty good job. Great job. 02/10/01 Make sure Aja is here. 02/17/01 I love you kids! Keep up the good work! Bring more oranges. You guys are saving lives ... kudos to you!! 02/23/01 You guys are great. 03/17/01 Lemons, damn it! Thanks for doing this!! Great job!! Health is the prime source of happiness. 03/31/01 Julie & Craig should work every party! Aja deserves a promotion! DanceSafe does a good job with drug info, and the variety of drugs which they cover... but with a city like Santa Fe, a PCP info card needs to be available. 05/12/01 All I would like to say is thanks for your support and information about the raves. 06/02/01 Keep up the good work and good time You Rock!! Thank you so much – you guys saved my life! 06/22/01 Have fun, be safe, and make the right decisions! 07/14/01 Thanks for the lube kids. I’ll be sure to use it safely. Nice hookup. Thanks. Support DanceSafe Looks Awesome!! Love people, all people, all things. Share yourself, appreciate when others do the same, and live as a microcosm of the universe in the scene. Thankyou Geoff for taking care of us “ravers” ha ha. Peace & love & happiness for eternity. Keep bouncin’ This is awesome to see up and going. There is definitely not enough education and information in general. XTC is a very controversial problem in Colorado with Brittany Chambers dying of drinking three gallons of water in 45 minutes, and the press only has misinformed the public and did nothing close to educating the public or the youth of proper ways of inducing drugs. I see misperceptions from people telling others not to drink too much water, an obvious problem. Please keep it up, reach out, educate more and more and more please. 08/15/01 It’s great! I love the oranges, bring more! Yeah, people are doing a good job too! I love what you guys are doing. Keep it up. 07/28/01 Yay for DanceSafe!!! I think you are doing a damn good thing!!! 08/09/01 Very good to have a table like this. You should be at every party! 08/24/01 Woo hoo DanceSafe!! Much love. PartySmart kicks. I really think this is awesome. It’s about time. Raves are about dance and not drugs again. It’s all about dance and music. I’m glad y’all (your group) understand that!!! Keep doing what you’re doing. Peace and love. Charge less and bring pizza! With pepperoni and black olives! ... Olives is spelled this way and DanceSafe is a non-profit org. So there & they rock! I love it when Jess works the booth. I came here tonight from Tampa/St. Pete, FL & it is good to see the familiar DanceSafe table. We in FL have a good chapter in Orlando, but FL is pretty harsh. Keep doing what you’re doing without any fear and absolute strength, because DanceSafe really cares about people! 09/22/01 You guys rock, mad props! Much respect. Jess is the coolest booth worker! She’s the DanceSafe little helper! Jess rocks. She makes funny faces. Damn skippy she [Jessica] is! You guys kick some ass! I appreciate DanceSafe’s effort in making the NM scene safer. It’s the best! You guys kick some ass! 10/13/01 Keep up the good work Yay PartySmart woohoo! Excellent! Great idea and good for Public Health. This should be at every bar and club. 11/02/01 Good Job!! Jess, Yvette, Ariane and Fire are kick ass kids! Little Jess is a poopie head! Just kidding you rock! Yvette, Lil Jessica, Ariane, and Jeremy are my bestest DanceSafe members ever in the whole world! Great job!! God bless America, DanceSafe, good vibes and good music. 12/08/01 Keep at it! 12/14/01 More flavored condoms. 12/22/01 You must be the change you wish to see in the world! 01/25/02 This is the most wonderful idea. Thanks for keeping it real. 02/009/02 Good Job!! It’s cool that you’re offering water to people on the wall. Yeah! Thanx for donating your time and energy. Keep up the good work. I appreciate everything!! Thanks for the concern ... too much drugs, so little concern. You are appreciated! Light a candle under the sinners, and set the world on fire. 03/02/02 Thanks for the earplugs. Go to El Paso!! They need it (info). 03/09/02 I really appreciate what you guys do. Thank you very much. 03/16/02 PartySmart rules!! I would like to say: Thanx Yes, thank you PartySmart for gracing us with light and knowledgement about these harmful supplements that are harming our scene. Thanks for showing us that yes, you can have a good time without being under the influence. 04/06/02 Keep it goin’ strong, we luv u guys. Thanks for being with us. To Life! 04/06/02 You guys rock for taking care of us party animals. Much Love. Thanx. Give out free drugs This organization is great! Thanks for everything! I love you DanceSafe!! PartySmart is the coolest!! Jason is a cutie. 04/22/02 Where are the dental dams? 06/01/02 What’s up – as always I want to say I love U guys! Ha Ha! Stop the drug war! If the whole world took a pill together it would end all wars! You guys rock! Woohoo! Yay, for you! Antibacterial stuff. It’s not a war on Drugs. It’s a war on personal freedom. Much love to PartySmart. 06/08/02 Good job! Thanks! Get some cough drops too. You’re awesome Your booth is kickass!! This kicks ass. Thankyoo for the bananas and such. Yoo guys are the bestest! 06/14/02 Love you guys! As always, you guys are great! 06/22/02 DanceSafe rocks, yay! I’d like to see a catalog or list which would display various combinations of drugs i.e., lethal combinations, medical conditions that should not encounter certain drugs. Where are the dental dams? 07/26/02 What legal justification do the police have for shutting down a party?? 08/16/02 You guys kick ass, and you guys should have a tip jar. 08/24/02 You guys rule! Happy Day! You shouldn’t give condoms to little kids. Where’s da mescaline?? Thanks for being at this event! Thanks for supporting kids of all ages!! Thanks for everything. You guys rock. Keep it up. It’s good to see positive education! Thanks. This is a very good idea. 08/26/02 Thanks! You’re nice. Keep it up! Good stuff. Free stuff kicks ASS!!! Thanks 4 da food. 10/26/02 I feel much safer dancing with you here Thank you for being an organization that understands how the rave scene works. Keep up the good work! Thank you guyz for being here. I feel so much safer if you’re here. I love you guys! Please buy glitter lotion. I love you guys! 3/15/03 Keep up the good work. Your efforts don’t go unnoticed. 3/15/03 Keep up the good work. Get more local support! 07/19/03 You guys rock! 08/23/03 I love you, PartySmart. 08/29/03 Yay! DanceSafe! 03/06/04 Keep doing what you’re doing man. Education is the tool to wisdom! God bless ever one and have fun. Thankeez for the fruit! Good Call. We lover you DanceSafe! Very nice setup guys! Luv it. Keep up all of the good work! Thanks for the gum! Good shit! “I liked it.” DanceSafe is well appreciated. Great job!!! 05/15/04 Thanks for looking out. Bomb! Yah! 06/05/04 You guys do a great service. You guys are f...ing great. 06/26/04 You guys are amazing. Parties would not be parties without you. We need to throw a party where all the profits go to you. If you need volunteers, I’m very willing. Thanks for the earplugs & fruit! 07/02/04 Thank you for the great job and all you do. THank you for all of your amazing work. How about adding “Emergen-C” vitamin C packets? Thanks. 09/11/04 You Guys Rok!. 09/17/04 This is a great idea. Keep it up. Thank you. Big Ups! Yay! Starbursts Rock! Keep it real. 10/17/04 Overheard on a message board: Jungurlist: Ok I was talkin to a friend who is on here and they had never heard of DanceSafe. I wanted to make sure that all of you etards, undercover etards and drug users out there knew what was up with what you all are putting into your bodies. We obviously can’t stop you from doing drugs, but at least edcutate yourselfs about what you’re doing. Be safe people!! take 5-HTP and eat pumpkin seeds!! Serotonin is hard to come by!! TheArcane: I checked out that site. It’s really unfortunate about all their funding woes and such. Thank you for posting this! I think we all need to be a little more consciencious of our community. celeste: Yeh wurd, I think we’re all pretty in-the-know about dancesafe; I know I am Geoff is on here; he’s the main man for NM’s dancesafe crew, and I know multiple heads on here used to (and still do) work the booths at parties. I’m thankful for having them around; they provide info and a safe/helpful hand when needed (like when I walked into a cactus in Diablo Canyon one nite, on far too many substances hahaha None-the-less, it’s always a good thing to bring up, so w00t to you! Fealos: Yeah, we are all aware of Dancesafe, and I know there’s a mutual feeling of thanks for Geoff, and his endevours. His NM Dancesafe crew is called “PartySmart,” and you’ll find him, or his volunteers, at almost all our parties. PartySmart is the second biggest Dancesafe family in the country, and Canada. The only one bigger than Geoff’s faction is, I think, San Fransisco. I used to volunteer for Geoff. Great stuff! Jungurlist: WoW thats rad. I was very suprised when someone told me that they had never heard about it and I just wanted to make sure that NM knew what was up!! Fealos: Anyone who hasn’t heard of it hasn’t opened their eyes at any parties they’ve been to. Or, they just haven’t been to any parties. BINK: Dance Safe is the shitz! they always have whatever candy and fruit. They kick ass. hayley: Yep, and their pamphelts are always full of useful information. I keep my “know your rights” pamphlet in my car at all times! DSPCo: Never heard of dancesafe? good lord. 02/15/05 You have my support and leftspeaker’s support as well. Thanks for five years of hard work for all of this. Congrats to you Geoff and all the PartySmart volunteers...you always do a great job and I’m sure will continue to do so. i would just like to express my extreme appreciation for partysmart. thanks so much for always being there and looking out for all of us. munchies, water, informative pamphlets, and cheery smiles. y’all are great and are the glue that holds this scene together and keeps us safe and informed 03/01/05 I’m glad to see that PartySmart remains a part of our scene after five years. I think since I’ve been going to parties, I have noticed a gradual “chilling out” of the drug & party mishaps/shady activity in our scene. I think it’s had a general improvement from say, four or five years ago. I’m not that old school, mind you ... and I am sure PartySmart has had something to do with that. So yeah, big ups! Thank you PartySmart, you are very much appreciated. Continue doing such a great job. I’m seriously suprised that some ultra-conservative legislators haven’t shut it down for “promoting drug use” or some bullshit excuse like that. PartySmart has probably saved so many lives ... but I still hear about politicians bitching about programs like that. 03/12/05 Keep it up! Thankyou. 04/07/05 Hey thanks for always helping and what not with the events. I really appreciate what you put behind it. 05/21/05 Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano: “I really appreciate what you guys do. You do a good job.” Great! Good Work! 2C-I info. 06/25/05 Keep it up! You must be the change to see in hte world. You guys are perfect! Love it! Learn it! Live it! 07/10/05 Thankyou for the help and guidance. 07/16/05 Thankyou for your valuable information for our tribal youth!! Thanks so much, God Bless. As a parent, thankyou for being here! Thankyou very much! You rock kid, “Food not Bombs” style. “Safe not Dying” 07/23/05 Non-latex condoms. Some people are allergic to latex. You do amazing things and the real truth is important! Big up DanceSafe and its Most Amazing contributions to “the Scene.” Boh Selektah!! Mutch respect; doing good tingz for Dem Da Youts!! NM has a beautiful scene going on. Keep on living the transcendental experience, where all of us can evolve in a beautiful way, where we can become the people that we know we can be. Again thankyou. My first experience in this environment was made so much more comfortable by your presence. 08/06/05 All war is class war (including the war on drugs). 08/27/05 Wow, guess what? I love you guys. Like always you guys rock! Heah, I just made it back here after several years in CA and it’s great to know that you guys are still here trying to stop the deaths and other bad stuff that has caused the scene in other places to become extinct. Thank you very much. Hi! Life is a trip worth taking and people like you help people like me along the way. You guys should start hitting high schools to get more support. You guys are awesome for teaching kids not to do drugs at raves. I do lines of strange powders or smoke anything that’s shiny. You kids rock my world.    We gather a fact,    Call it just that ...    Know yourself,    Front to back ...    This is for fun,    Party Attack ...    Glad to have you here,    Gather together ...    In the atmosphere ...    Thankyou for coming! Geoff & his crew, you are ALWAYS appreciated here. All the partiers, new & old, should recognize & treat you like gold! I love you & what you do! Love always and forever. 09/17/05 You rock Geoff!!! Thanks man! Knowledge is power. Jeff you kick ass, it’s so awesome that you take time to spread the word and make such a positive difference! Keep it up! Thanks for helping us. The water was a savior. Good luck on your goal in helping people PartySmart. 09/23/05 I love you Jeff. The water saved me!! Hell yea man, thanks. You are a savior! You’re life savers. 11/25/05 You rock! Test drugs for us! – for free. This Rocks Sox. I don’t suggest ever removing this table. 01/20/06 Your support is comforting. Always good to have you at parties. Keep us safe, happy, and supply all the chewing gum we need. Love the fact that you guys are here. You rock. Love to you. 03/03/06 Bring lollipops. Bring flyer for GHB. Thank you! Thanks a million. You saved my life 40 times and counting. 05/27/06 Awesome. PLURR. 06/03/06 Excellent job!!! 06/24/06 Love everything! Remember the PLUR. 06/03/06 Excellent job!!! 07/01/06 Loved it all. 08/05/06 Good job. 09/09/06 Great job. Thankyou!

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This graph shows the number of info cards taken per 100 people. The graph is difficult to interpret because the number of info cards taken per person depends on the size of the party. The graph below is adjusted to take this into account.

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This graph shows a relative measure of the interest in the info cards and pamphlets as a function of time. The average number of info cards taken per person decreases with the size of the party. For a party of 100 people, the graph shows the number of info cards taken per 50 people; for 300 people, the number taken per 100 people; for 900 people, the number taken per 150 people; and for a very large party, the number taken per 200 people. By this measure, interest in all of the info cards has remained fairly steady after the initial peak when they first became available, with the exceptions of the tobacco info cards, the Ecstasy pamphlets, and the RaveSafe booklets, in which interest has dropped steadily. The graph takes a jump at several points; this is insignificant and occurs as a result of our having two booths on the same weekend.

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This graph and the following table show the percentage of pills that tested positive for ecstasy, DXM, speed, or 2-CB, as a function of time. They show also the percentage of pills that reacted by turning magenta, those which reacted by turning any other colour, and those which did not react at all.

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This graph shows the number of new volunteers recruited per month, the number of volunteers per month lost through attrition, and the total number of active volunteers, as a function of time. We assume an attrition rate of 30 percent per month for volunteers who have been inactive for four months or less, as this results in a close balance between recruitment and attrition. It appears from this analysis that the number of active volunteers is now fairly steady at around 35. However, this result is highly dependent on the estimated attrition rate.