City may ban little baggies

[stephanie]

:poke:

COUNCIL | They're 'Marketing 101' for drug dealers, cop says

March 5, 2008
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
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.

Lt. Kevin Navarro, commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department's Narcotics and Gang Unit, said the ordinance will be an "important tool" to go after grocery stores, health food stores and other businesses. The bags are used by the thousand to sell small quantities of drugs at $10 or $20 a bag.

Navarro referred to the plastic bags as "Marketing 101 for the drug dealers." Many of them have symbols, allowing drug users to ask for "Superman" or "Blue Dolphin" instead of the drug itself, he said.

Prior to the final vote, Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) expressed concern about arresting innocent people. He noted that extra buttons that come with suits, shirts and blouses -- and jewelry that's been repaired -- come in similar plastic bags.


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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/826059,CST-NWS-bagban05.article

[MtnBiker]

Ok lets see, the problem with illegal drugs is the little bags used to put them in, right.

[hjmick]

Well, that should make all the difference in the perpetually lost war on drugs. :rolleyes:

[Mr. P]

If they ban beer cans, no one will drink and drive.

What a typical knee-jerk reaction.

[Little-Acorn]

Could the City Council look stupider?

"When little baggies are outlawed, only outlaws will have little baggies." :clap:

[Yurt]

Well, that should make all the difference in the perpetually lost war on drugs. :rolleyes:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/614eC1fuUDL._AA280_.jpg


yep, its working all right...

[Kathianne]

Could the City Council look stupider?

"When little baggies are outlawed, only outlaws will have little baggies." :clap:

Give me a break, this is CHICAGO! Never underestimate the depths of city council!

[DragonStryk72]

:poke:

COUNCIL | They're 'Marketing 101' for drug dealers, cop says

March 5, 2008
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
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.

Lt. Kevin Navarro, commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department's Narcotics and Gang Unit, said the ordinance will be an "important tool" to go after grocery stores, health food stores and other businesses. The bags are used by the thousand to sell small quantities of drugs at $10 or $20 a bag.

Navarro referred to the plastic bags as "Marketing 101 for the drug dealers." Many of them have symbols, allowing drug users to ask for "Superman" or "Blue Dolphin" instead of the drug itself, he said.

Prior to the final vote, Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) expressed concern about arresting innocent people. He noted that extra buttons that come with suits, shirts and blouses -- and jewelry that's been repaired -- come in similar plastic bags.


read the rest..
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/826059,CST-NWS-bagban05.article

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Seriously, WTF?They couldn't have done anything else about it, like, I don't know, PATROLLING THE GOD DAMNED PARK?! Why in the holy hell owuld you outlaw little baggies? What, will there be random searches for ziploc?

[Kathianne]

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Seriously, WTF?They couldn't have done anything else about it, like, I don't know, PATROLLING THE GOD DAMNED PARK?! Why in the holy hell owuld you outlaw little baggies? What, will there be random searches for ziploc?

We are talking the same council that banned foie gras. The same council that raised nary a word when the mayor ripped up an air port in the middle of the night, without approval of any governing body. http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-1-157x.html

Chicago is just the punctuation of corruption in Illinois. It's a toss up which is worse, Louisiana and Illinois, problem for Illinois is that Louisiana seems to be trying to clean up.