Shops fearful of DEA's wrath

sacbee.com ^

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Robert Bacon of Midtown Specialties worries that his livelihood will be endangered if the federal Drug Enforcement Administration continues its crackdown.

Pipes and clips are legal, shopowners say; police in no rush to make arrests.

Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Saturday, June 21, 2003 A marijuana bong by any other name is a tobacco water pipe. Put a feather on a battery clamp and it becomes a roach clip. A crackdown on so-called head shops and their suppliers is pitting some Sacramento-area business owners against federal regulators while state and local law enforcement are caught in the middle.

[per loin]

So nice to see that the Bush administration is putting a stop to the federal government's arrogation to itself of powers not delegated to it by the Constitution of the United States of America.

[Pern]

"The advent of the Internet has allowed traffickers to get inside the American home and market their illegal products to kids," DEA spokesman Will Glaspy said.

Ah, yes, it's for the kids. The old Socialist battlecry.

Excuse me as I go hurl.

[eno_]

The agency's acting administrator, John Brown, said earlier this year that merchants who sell drug paraphernalia are no different from drug dealers.

What color is the sky on John Brown's planet?

[bigfootbob]

"What color is the sky on John Brown's planet?"

RED, of course.

[gcruse]

"pitting some Sacramento-area business owners against federal regulators "

Did somebody call Ashcroft a Fascist yet?
If not, why not?

[eno_]

My bad. John Ashcoft is a Fascist and a clear and present danger to the Republican majority.

[gcruse]

Thank you.