Presentation | Support. Organize. Sustain. | Amsterdam, October 2019 For better or worse, there's no getting around the fact that electronic music and nightlife are connected to drug culture. And while drugs are something that dip into nearly all aspects of modern life, the perception of electronic music as a drug-addled enterprise has made our community an easy target for politicians and law enforcement. That's unlikely to change without a radical shift in policy, and that's where LEAP (Law Enforcement Action Partnership) comes in.
A non-profit organization populated by current and former police, judges, prosecutors and other criminal justice professionals from all over the world, LEAP advocates for smarter drug policies around the globe, and also shares its resources and connections while offering direct help wherever they can. In this presentation, LEAP member and former UK police detective Neil Woods details some of his experiences in the drug war, and also shares some of his insights into not only why drug policies need to change, but how they can be better.
Presented by:
Neil Woods (Former detective sergeant, author, chairman of LEAP UK and LEAP USA)
S.O.S. – SUPPORT ORGANIZE SUSTAIN
Spearheaded by DVS1 aka Zak Khutoretsky, S.O.S. is a group of people with years of experience in the music scene. Our ranks include DJs, producers, label owners, promoters, booking agents, political activists, academics, cultural critics and more, and we stand together under a single mantra: Support. Organize. Sustain. Recognizing that dance music culture is now bigger than ever before, S.O.S. is rooted in the need to balance the industry's seemingly exponential growth with the preservation of the unique values our scene was originally built upon: respect, tolerance, community and artistry.
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