DanceSafe
About
DanceSafe is a 501(c)(3) public health organization promoting health and safety within the nightlife and electronic music community. Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1998 by Emanuel Sferios, DanceSafe quickly grew into a national organization with chapters in cities across North America.Our Principles
DanceSafe has two fundamental operating principles: harm reduction and peer-based, popular education. Combining these two principles has enabled us to create successful, peer-based educational programs to reduce drug misuse and empower young people to make healthy, informed lifestyle choices. We are known for bringing adulterant screening (a.k.a., “pill testing,” “drug checking”) to the rave and nightlife community in the U.S., and for distributing unbiased educational literature describing the effects and risks associated with the use of various drugs. We also started the only publicly accessible laboratory analysis program for ecstasy in North America, currently hosted and managed by Erowid at EcstasyData.org. We neither condone nor condemn drug use. Rather, we provide a non-judgmental perspective to help support people who use drugs in making informed decisions about their health and safety.
Initiatives and Services
-Providing free water and electrolytes to prevent dehydration and heatstroke.
-Providing free safe sex tools to avoid unwanted pregnancies and the spread of STIs.
-Providing free ear plugs to prevent hearing loss.
-Providing honest, fact-based, unbiased information on drug effects and potential harms to
empower users to make informed decisions.
-Offer a nonjudgmental first-point of contact to risky or challenging situations.
-Offer drug checking services to prevent overdose and death
-Work with promoters and local stakeholders to advocate for safety first approaches.
-Provide safe spaces to engage in conversations about health, drug use, and personal
safety.
Top 10 Safety Tips
Heatstroke
Managing Drug Use at Your Event
Getting Home Safely
Women & Drug Use
Risk Assessment
Consent
Chapters
DanceSafe currently has local chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Our local chapters consist of young people from within the dance culture who have a sincere interest in ensuring the health and safety of their communities and educating themselves and their peers. We train our volunteers to be health educators and drug abuse prevention counselors within their own communities, utilizing the principles and methods of harm reduction and popular education.
Get involved: Local Chapters
Get involved: Start a Chapter
Volunteer: Training Course
DanceSafe: Substance Overviews
Ecstasy
LSD
2c-b
Psilocybe Mushrooms
DMT
Methamphetamine/Speed
Cocaine
MDPV
Poppers/Alkyl Nitrites
Alcohol
GHB
Heroin
Ketamine
DXM
Nitrous Oxide
PCP
Drug-Checking
Testing-Kit Instructions
Contact Information
DanceSafe
12081 W Alameda Pkwy
#442
Lakewood, CO
80228
Phone: 888-MDMA-411
Email: dsusa@dancesafe.org
