Pubdate: Sun, 11 Mar 2012
Source: Columbian, The (WA)
Copyright: 2012 The Columbian Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.columbian.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/92
Author: John Vasconcellos

STOP TRYING TO LEGISLATE BEHAVIOR

Reading the Feb. 28 story "Drug paraphernalia restrictions eyed," I
see the good folks, the mayor, city and county council persons, et
al., are on the old witch hunt again to ban "drug" paraphernalia from
being displayed (put out of sight from children) and/or a "new law
that would require the various accoutrements of getting high to be
located in a portion of the store restricted to those 18 and up."
Quoting City Attorney Ted Gathe, "the unfortunate perception that
could be left with the youth of the community is that the use and sale
of these paraphernalia condones the use of the drugs themselves."

I propose we also ban beer/alcohol products, also glass/plastic
glasses, anything that could hold the products, recipes that use
alcohol products you get the picture. Let's just ban everything that
could be used for any alcohol product from every retail outlet since
those products can be seen from the eye-level of ants to the tallest
humans, young or not.

The hypocrisy in allowing alcohol products while not allowing pot and
pot products overwhelms rational thinking, so my vote is to quit
trying to legislate human behavior. It didn't work in the 1920s and it
won't work now.

John Vasconcellos

Vancouver