The Short List — Mon., March 10
March 10, 2008 at 8:52 am by Joe Bardi
Not only does “spring ahead” suck, it might be bad for your health, too.
- Fresh off winning Wyoming, Obama dances with Ole’ Miss.
- Now Hillary, about that experience …
- Florida and Michigan Dems planning to mail it in?
- Without Walls Lakeland has a buyer … and it’s Without Walls Lakeland.
- A new website lets citizens rate the performance of individual police officers. The cops, naturally, are furious.
- The latest front in the war on drugs: Itty-bitty plastic bags.
- Welcome to Facebook, what’s your blood type?
- Sir Paul signs a huge deal, finally delivering his old mates to iTunes.
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March 10th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Simply put, banning small plastic bags would be incredibly stupid, inane, and useless in cutting down on drug dealing.
Because for some reason it’s assumed that drug dealers could never possibly find a suitable substitute for a plastic BAGGIE. This would just make their lives so difficult that they would give up on drug dealing altogether.
Just like, if we banned Ziploc bags, everyone would stop packing lunches and eat out every day.
Of course, measures should be taken to control drug trade and, especially, to keep drugs away from kids. But the idea that banning plastic bags would help is just ridiculous.
How about putting the money that would go toward enacting the “baggie” law toward something that might actually help?
Recent studies on Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) programs have shown that after the D.A.R.E. curriculum is introduced, 93 percent of kids said they learned new ways to stay away from drugs and alcohol, and 95 percent said that D.A.R.E. helped them decide against drugs in the future.
Programs like D.A.R.E. are inexpensive, effective, and work on the ground level, where it matters most.
The essential factor in ending drug dealing is ending the supply of new customers–not the supply of plastic baggies.
March 10th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Macca making this iTunes deal must means he’s confident he will win at trial. Wonder what else the tabloids will print (with photos!) about Heather before long?