Balloons reading "stoned again" were not the only contraband found at the "Change Rocks" concert Monday night, which featured the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band.
There were more than 20 drug law violation incidents stemming from the concert Monday, including people found in possession of illegal substances such as marijuana, hashish, LSD, methamphetamine and nitrous oxide, Penn State Police Cpt. Bill Moerschbacher said. Some incidents included multiple violations, police said.
Moerschbacher said the number of violations at the concert was to be expected.
"Not all concerts are the same," he said. "It's the type of band and type of person that goes to it. But for the Grateful Dead this is how it typically is."
He said "Change Rocks" was similar to past concerts at the University in regard to drug violations.
After a Phish concert on campus in 1994, police said there were seven marijuana-related incidents involving 11 people. In one incident, police seized 84 doses of LSD and a large amount of marijuana, police said in 1994.
Moerschbacher said Penn State, on a normal weekend, has its fair share of drug law violations, but events like concerts and football games often create a spike in numbers.
"They are common around here, but not in this number. This was a result of the concert," Moerschbacher said.
Most of the Penn State Police squad was patrolling the Bryce Jordan Center, which housed the concert, Moerschbacher said, adding drug officers with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office also assisted.
Visitors to the university were responsible for the majority of the violations at "Change Rocks," Moerschbacher said.
"We got some people in their 40s and other people in their 20s," he said.
There were a variety of illegal substances seized at the concert, more seriously methamphetamine, nitrous oxide and LSD, Moerschbacher said.
"It was mostly marijuana," he said. "But there was some use of meth and LSD. But things like meth are fairly uncommon here."
Balloons reading "stoned again" were not the only contraband found at the "Change Rocks" concert Monday night, which featured the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band.
There were more than 20 drug law violation incidents stemming from the concert Monday, including people found in possession of illegal substances such as marijuana, hashish, LSD, methamphetamine and nitrous oxide, Penn State Police Cpt. Bill Moerschbacher said. Some incidents included multiple violations, police said.
Moerschbacher said the number of violations at the concert was to be expected.
"Not all concerts are the same," he said. "It's the type of band and type of person that goes to it. But for the Grateful Dead this is how it typically is."
He said "Change Rocks" was similar to past concerts at the University in regard to drug violations.
After a Phish concert on campus in 1994, police said there were seven marijuana-related incidents involving 11 people. In one incident, police seized 84 doses of LSD and a large amount of marijuana, police said in 1994.
Moerschbacher said Penn State, on a normal weekend, has its fair share of drug law violations, but events like concerts and football games often create a spike in numbers.
"They are common around here, but not in this number. This was a result of the concert," Moerschbacher said.
Most of the Penn State Police squad was patrolling the Bryce Jordan Center, which housed the concert, Moerschbacher said, adding drug officers with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office also assisted.
Visitors to the university were responsible for the majority of the violations at "Change Rocks," Moerschbacher said.
"We got some people in their 40s and other people in their 20s," he said.
There were a variety of illegal substances seized at the concert, more seriously methamphetamine, nitrous oxide and LSD, Moerschbacher said.
"It was mostly marijuana," he said. "But there was some use of meth and LSD. But things like meth are fairly uncommon here."
