Anthony Mata Dead, Five Others Critical From Possible Tainted Drugs at Cow Palace Rave
| 'The Dream' turned into a nightmare for some rave attendees this weekened |
Along with Mata's death, a handful of fellow rave-goers remain hospitalized at San Francisco General, with five listed in critical condition. Authorities suspect Mata and the gravely ill attendees took drugs tainted with toxins.
Samples of drugs seized at the event -- nearly 70 people were arrested and a cache of ecstasy, methamphetamine, LSD, and marijuana was confiscated at the rave -- are currently undergoing testing at the Poison Control Center and San Francisco Department of Public Health. No results have yet been released.
| The Cow Palace, site of the rave in question -- and never the first answer to the question 'Where would you like to spend your last night on earth?' |




























