Downer at the Ocean
It's official.
Members of Ocean City. Md. City Council voted overwhelmingly Monday night to ban over-the-counter sales of a hallucinogenic variety of the herb salvia. It must be gone from shops along the boardwalk by this morning.
The police and a majority of the council members threw their support behind the move to make possession and sale of salvia divinorum a misdemeanor with a possible penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. The final vote was 6 to 1 in favor of the ban.
Apparently, officials were under the influence of YouTube videos showing young people who smoked or chewed the herb acting strangely.
Comments
Why write something so flippant about such a dangerous drug. If you had lost either of your kids to this drug I doubt you'd be so laissez faire about it. Why not focus on how proactive your legislators are in trying to protect your kids, as well as others??
Posted by: Franklin S. | August 9, 2009 3:09 PM