I attended some of the big annual NYC parties of the late-90's (Boo, Brass Monkey, etc.) and partied at the Limelight and the Tunnel and a number of other clubs that no longer exist. It was a special time, but even then I was aware of the fact that I was riding the tail end of the NYC rave wave.. when the Limelight was really popping, i was 12 and clueless and had no interest in the party scene, and even by the time NASA was hot (DnB/jungle was my thing in the mid-to-late-90's) i still hadn't been introduced to that scene and didn't know enough to seek it out. Eventually i would discover the music and attendant subcultures, and spent lots of time "expanding my mind" with dustheads, tweakers, and candy-flippers of all stripes, traveling throughout the northeast attending whatever parties i could get myself to, dancing along to some of the most memorable house and techno and DnB of the period.
so I never developed a speedball habit. Unbelievable is right.