The drug war started getting absurd when officials started banning "paraphernalia" -- not just drugs but anything like bongs and papers that could be used for drugs. It would be akin to banning glasses because you can drink booze out of them. Now, Chicago wants to take another silly step:
Tiny plastic bags used to sell small quantities of heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and other drugs would be banned in Chicago, under a crackdown advanced Tuesday by a City Council committee.
Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) persuaded the Health Committee to ban possession of "self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in either height or width," after picking up 15 of the bags on a recent Sunday afternoon stroll through a West Side park.
I think we ought to ban bathroom scales. Sure, I know they have legitimate uses. But all you have to do is step on the scales without the drugs and then with the drungs and bingo! you have the weight of the drugs.
