the consell insular wants to eradicate drugs

All right then ...

As I said: I'm just furious and mad about the way things may change. Ok, so the tourists are mainly "normal" people ... hey, I knew that :D ! The other way would've been kinda weird?!, if thought realistic.
But if we are such a small number, at the highest 25% or what, why is it such a big issue? Well, drugs ... I understand that. The clubbers on the island do sometimes exagerate ... but it's like that everywhere. It just can't be seen that easily like on the island, where a whole arena of clubbers get together. DAH!, it then always looks like a "big drug party" ... it's mainly based on prejudices! I've made the experience that many clubbers aren't even interested in "those" drugs. Just alcohol.
Anyway ... even if they shut down every single club and stop this lifestyle on the island during summer, we'll meet somwhere else 8).
It's been like that before other places. I questioned "the older Generation" :D.

Many greetings to you McRackin :-)))
 
If the authorities did nothing then the islands reputation would never change. Clubbers may make up 25% of the tourists but they are 99% of the island reputation if you see what I mean. I don't blame them at all for trying to change things.
 
DanielR said:
...Clubbers may make up 25% of the tourists
but they are 99% of the island reputation ...
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yes ... but thats no reason to close clubs/stop afterhours/etc ...
instead the douchebags responsible for ibiza´s public relations should be fired/replaced
because their pr is so poor that a few negative clubbing/drugs/etc-reports
from some underclass broadcasting stations and/or tabloids
define ibiza´s position in the general public.
 
icebaer69 said:
yes ... but thats no reason to close clubs/stop afterhours/etc ...
instead the douchebags responsible for ibiza´s public relations should be fired/replaced
because their pr is so poor that a few negative clubbing/drugs/etc-reports
from some underclass broadcasting stations and/or tabloids
define ibiza´s position in the general public.
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spot on
 
Governments make no money on the sales of drugs - because its illegal (rightly or wrongly whatever your view). It might be Ibiza, but drugs are still illegal on the Island, which I think many people forget once they arrive.


If you worked out the average expenditure on drugs over a 13 week period for that 25% of the holidaying population coming to Ibiza .... I think you would find that's the real story behind what's bothering the Counsel

Simple really.....
 
IbizaMagic said:
@ fatphilb

"about time"

Did I bother someone?
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not at all, and i mean you no personal disrespect, its just your early contributions to this thread were completely wrong and precisely the wrong attitude to have. Its not our island is it?

Young people come to Ibiza to go partying. Many of those young people continue to go to Ibiza as adults with families. I think they are playing a risky game with their hardline approach. Thankfully they are only closing down daytime parties for 6 hours, but had they gone for the 12 hours it would have been a disaster.

I also think the problems of Ibiza Uncovered have never really been properly addressed. Thats still the image people who havent been before have of Ibiza. Every person I know who has been to Ibiza has been shocked (in a good way of course) at just how different it is, myself included. Yet people who haven't been, ie. family and friends, still remember that program and imagine thats what im doing when im out there.
 
icebaer69 said:
yes ... but thats no reason to close clubs/stop afterhours/etc ...
instead the douchebags responsible for ibiza´s public relations should be fired/replaced
because their pr is so poor that a few negative clubbing/drugs/etc-reports
from some underclass broadcasting stations and/or tabloids
define ibiza´s position in the general public.
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There are bigger problems than this. When walking from the west end to San Antonio Bay in September I was offered drugs 7 times. This was at 2 oclock in the afternoon. They can't put a positive spin on that.
 
fatphilb said:
I also think the problems of Ibiza Uncovered have never really been properly addressed. Thats still the image people who havent been before have of Ibiza. Every person I know who has been to Ibiza has been shocked (in a good way of course) at just how different it is, myself included. Yet people who haven't been, ie. family and friends, still remember that program and imagine thats what im doing when im out there.
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Which, incidentally has been on Sky every night this week...:?:?
 
which will no doubt end up on the internet, so people search google video for Ibiza, and get that...... etc. etc. etc.

:?

Urgh....
 
DanielR said:
There are bigger problems than this. When walking from the west end to San Antonio Bay in September I was offered drugs 7 times. This was at 2 oclock in the afternoon. They can't put a positive spin on that.
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When I was there in June this year the only people who offered us drugs were the happy go lucky dudes or something? They were so obvious but other than that I found people very cautious of what they were up to 8O

It happens in every country and as Phil mentioned, everyoine who I know (young and old) loved Ibiza and said it's not the place it's portrayed to be!! I also think if they make it much harder for clubs etc it will take them YEARS to recover, if at all.:spank:
 
"...
Emergency Advice

The head of the Accident and Emergency department at Can Misses, Carlos Rodriguez,
has applauded the decision by the Consell and other municipalities to ensure
that discotheques will have to close next year for a minimum of six hours.

However, he hinted he thought the MEASURES WERE NOT TOUGH ENOUGH
and claimed he would have RECOMMENDED a CLOSURE of EIGHT HOURS.

Rodriguez carried out a study last year into the link
between clubs, drugs and the need for emergency care...

He continued by claiming the use of drugs in Ibiza had reached alarming proportions
with 576 people treated in 2005 at Can Misses due to drug-related problems.
He claimed people now associated the night-time social scene on the island with drugs.
He added it was impossible for a normal human to continue without sleep
for three or four days, and the constant appeal of the clubs led people
to continue partying with the help of recreational drugs.
He said if there was a gap of eight hours between closing and opening times
then most people would choose to rest during this time.

One of the arguments against the new legislation is the possibility
that it may increase the likelihood of illegal parties in private homes.
However Rodriguez said this would not be too much of a problem,
as firstly the authorities could act in such cases and secondly,
this environment was less prone to drug-taking.

A recent study showed that whilst one in five youngsters uses ecstasy
a minimum of twice a week in the United Kingdom,
this increases to 80 percent when they are on the island.
..."
(ibiza-sun)
 
Um, I actually think an 8-hour break would promote more responsible drug-use, or at least make more people think about having a nap and some food rather than trying to keep on keeping-on. I think 6 hours is just short enough to battle on through, but 8 is just long enough not to. To some people the Space-CircoLoco marathon is a badge of honour, and it can't be good for you.
 
gingerfreak said:
Um, I actually think an 8-hour break would promote more responsible drug-use, or at least make more people think about having a nap and some food rather than trying to keep on keeping-on. I think 6 hours is just short enough to battle on through, but 8 is just long enough not to. To some people the Space-CircoLoco marathon is a badge of honour, and it can't be good for you.
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amen.

ps:
I actually think a 7-days-a-week-24-hour break
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would promote more responsible drug-use .
 
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