okay, i suspect this question i'm about to pose is going to go down like a lead balloon but its a worry i have, so here goes....
will we be able to go as far as pill testing (eventually) and still have strong affiliations to bluelight?
the reason i ask is, if we are going to do pill testing, for obvious reasons, we will have criticism hurled at us for being "pro drug" and we will need a high level of credibility to manage it.
*but* what if a media person, police person, govt person doesnt like the idea of pill testing and wants to shut us down. they get a hold of our literature, go onto bluelight, and dont even get as far as our regional discussion where we're quite sensible. they just end up on the bluelight social 2000 forum instead.
surely any credibility we have would go out the window? the thing is that unlike dancesafe, which when you look at it, you could argue that its not pro-drug - bluelight *is* pro-drug. its basically a bunch of ppl who like taking drugs talking about taking drugs, and there is a high level of subjectivity going on.
and then you have the kind of criticism such as that given by the reporter from abcnews.com, dealing with the medical issues. even i see that particular criticism as somewhat valid.
i know we all love bluelight and see its virtues, but how many outside ppl would see it the same way when coming from an antidrug stance? promoting safety and promoting bluelight might be construed as different things by some.
my thought was,(if this was considered to be a possible eventuality) that in our literature we include links to *several* sites including dancesafe and anti-drug ones, to show a balance, and keep bluelight out of the spotlight in regard to a pill testing stall. if we want to walk around and hand out cards, or give out stuff outside as ppl are leaving fine, thats our prerogative, but as a seperate thing to the stall itself.
i dont mean to say that we shouldnt promote bluelight as we plan to, i'm just giving a worst-case scenario type thing that maybe we should think about before launching ahead? i dont want us to start this only to have it stopped by narrow minds.
what does everyone think about this? (here's where you all tell me how misguided i am and i stop worrying)