The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) attempted to declare cyalume sticks
as drug paraphernalia, thereby banning them from rave concerts at a
prominent New Orleans dance venue. U.S. District Judge G. Thomas
Porteous
ruled
that prosecutors cannot force the organizers of a rave dance party to
ban pacifiers or glow sticks. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is
considering whether to appeal the decision. At press time, it is
unknown whether the DEA wished to ban cyalume sticks from night diving
as well as raves.
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