Argument #2: Kandi is being banned to prevent and/or reduce drug use.
This is a logically unsound argument (and is usually out of the promoters’ hands to fix or change) that can be easily addressed with one example scenario: Saying that kandi should be banned to prevent people from doing drugs is like saying hats should be banned to prevent fights. After all, some of the people who wear kandi do drugs, and some of the people who wear hats get into fights. The stigma that kandi carries with it is completely unjustified. Didn’t we all learn that correlation is not causation? There are plenty of people who enjoy wearing plastic bead bracelets that they trade with their friends who don’t do drugs, and there are plenty of people who enjoy wearing hats on their heads facing forwards or backwards who don’t get into fights.
There’s also the fact that banning kandi to reduce drug use simply doesn’t work. Hard Summer has “banned kandi” for the last few years, yet an apparent drug overdose related death just happened a couple of weeks ago. Paradiso Festival does not ban kandi and had a drastic reduction in hospitalizations and zero deaths this year due to pro-active planning with education through “The Message” and their Conscious Crew safety volunteers.
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