Thursday, September 26, 2019
9A: Testing Hypothesis Part 2
Who:
After interviewing three people that I know that goes to music festivals and partake in ingesting drugs, there are some who are nevertheless afraid of giving up their drugs to my service to test, which is completely reasonable. In the environment of a music festival, it is hard to trust strangers with illegal substances.
One interviewee was afraid to find out that their drugs would be tainted by something else, and would rather much take the drug than give it up for they fear that it would ruin their festival experience. Many people spend hundreds of dollars on music festivals that include the ticket, housing, and plane tickets, and would rather enjoy the festival to the best that they could than to look at for their own safety.
Another interviewee believes that if people were to do drugs, then there is no point testing, because every drug is bad in its own way. He believes that even though it poses a danger to people, people know the risks of taking the drugs.
What:
The need that I identified is different from the need that people need to test their drugs, because in the setting of a festival, this service is a safe haven for people to keep people safe instead of needing people to test drugs in the open where they could be reprimanded. In addition, those who buy drugs at the festival are also putting themselves at risk.
Why:
The needs of people outside the boundary is the same as inside. It just happens that they do not trust the people handling their drugs, and also do not think about their own safety.
Inside the Boundary
Who: Those who are looking out for their
own safety and allowing their drugs to be tested.
What: A service that could test drugs in a safe way
Why: There are many cases of people overdosing
on drugs at music festivals.
Outside the Boundary:
Who: Those who do not trust the service,
and don’t care about their well-being
What: Those who think they don’t need the service
Why: There is a distrust for the service.
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I thought this was a great idea. I posted last week on this opportunity and now that I am reading more and more what you have to say about it I thought it is an even better idea. Im glad your interviewers also thought that safety should be the most important to their experience. Although the people in the outside boundary are those who do not use drugs I feel like it would still help them and be an opportunity for them because they would not have all of these drug users near them and ruining their experience.
ReplyDeleteI agree with some of the points of your interviews, such as that many people are afraid to give up their drugs out of fear of getting in trouble. This is one reason why I feel like this idea would be hard to implement, because the group of people who are testing the drugs would have to build a good reputation before a lot of people would be willing to trust them. I also think it is rather absurd that people would rather take a bad drug, potentially overdose and maybe even die, than get their bad drugs taken away and have a bad time at the festival. Regardless, I think the idea is great because there are so many people that go to music festivals and use drugs that it would be really good if there was a way to protect them a little more.
ReplyDeleteI like this idea. I think that people should have this service when they go to music festivals because they won't know if they are safe. I still think this is a bit of a strange service to be offering because I am curious as to how you could make money off this because of the legal issues that may arise from this. Good idea still.
ReplyDeleteHi Duc,
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that several of the people you interviewed would not want to use your service because the drugs could be tainted implying, they would rather take the risk and not know if they are safe. I also think that the sentiment of not trusting people with their drugs would be a common response to your service. I think that many of the people would initially be worried that your service would take away their drugs and get them in trouble legally.
Nice job Duc,
ReplyDeleteI'm very intrigued by your idea. You offer a safe place for drug users to make sure they're ingesting what they think are without having them arrested or kicked out. It's unfortunate that this is a need now a days as so many people use at festivals and we can't stop that. So instead of trying to be political with them you've offered a safer way to use. Great work expanding on who is within the boundary and how that may change the service in th long run.