On 4/10 the so-called Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (formerly the RAVE Act) passed both the House and the Senate. Cynically attached as a rider to the AMBER Alert bill, which has nothing to do with drug policy, the act has come under extreme criticism from advocates of free speech and a common sense drug policy. According to the SF Bayview newspaper, the bill would "would also make it where anyone who threw an event at his own home, such as a party or barbecue, in which one or more of the guests used drugs, could potentially face a $500,000 fine and 20 years in federal prison. All it takes is a snitch and a racist prosecutor - and we all know that there is no shortage of either." Read more | SF Bayview article | NoMoreDrugWar.org | Drug Policy Alliance | ACLU