Pubdate: Fri,  1 Nov 2002
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2002 Boulder Weekly
Contact:  http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57
Author: Kristin Johnson
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

BONG BUSTS

I, myself, am an art enthusiast, and I was searching the Net on learning to 
create my own art. I came across your article where the artist in your 
county got busted creating art ("War on glass, Wayne's Word, 
www.boulderweekly.com/archive/092100/waynesword.html). Anyway, I know I'm 
on the other side of the country, but I feel that we are all in this 
together and wanted to share my feelings and experiences.

Recently, one month or so ago, The Police and Drug Task Force in Seminole 
County decided that the glass art was incriminating for some reason?! They 
separated into a bunch of little groups and set out to eliminate their 
"threat"! Each group had its own specific art shop in mind, and they were 
to do one thing: search and seize! Moreover, every art shop in Seminole 
County, The Purple Ringer, Amsterdam Dreams, The Pipe Dreams, The Pipe 
Emporium, and The Abyss were all raided and emptied out; all glass art and 
anything related to other substances, were seized. Right now it's all 
Seminole County, but soon could be all of Florida!

Thanks for your informative article about the situation in Boulder!

Kristin Johnson, Orlando, Fla.
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