Anthony Mata – Another Cow Palace Raver Hospitalized NBC Bay Area FDLFD

The family of the man who died following Saturday night’s rave at the Cow Palace are calling on officials to call off future parties because they say rave’s are simply too dangerous. Anthony Mata, 23 from Santa Clara, was one of about a dozen people who ended up in San Francisco and San Mateo County emergency rooms following the annual electronic music festival “etd.POP 2010.” Most of the young people who were taken to the hospital became sick after ingesting tainted drugs. And although drugs played a role in Mata’s death, Daly City police Sgt. David Mackriss said Tuesday that authorities were ruling out the possibility that tainted drugs alone killed him. NBC Bay Area spoke to Mata’s aunt and a cousin who called on Daly City to cancel next year’s rave event. Daly City Police Capt. Cory Roay agrees. “I think it’s fair to say there will be some scrutiny and likely some debate on whether this event will take place next year,” Roay said. Also Tuesday, police said another person has been hospitalized after taking tainted drugs at the rave. A 25-year-old San Jose man was admitted to an East Bay hospital late Monday night after falling unconscious from a suspected overdose of the drug ecstasy. His condition is said to be life threatening. Health experts said anyone who attended the concert and has symptoms related to an overdose should get examined at a hospital. As of Monday evening, five people remained in critical condition suffering from kidney failure and internal bleeding …