The NAACP Fort Wayne-Allen County Branch #3049 proposed a statewide ban on the sale of Drug Paraphernalia. Michael Latham, President of the local branch has been fighting the selling of certain glass vases sold in gas stations.
“I don’t believe the businesses we support should be selling this, and we want it out,” said Latham, who is concerned that the made-in-China “love roses” selling for $2 or less at several southeast-side gas stations are often used as pipes for smoking crack cocaine. “We make people rich buying their gas, and they do this. It’s a slap in the face.”
The purpose of the ban is discourage the selling of items in the community with epidemic drug use that can be used for smoking crack or meth. The president of the local branch will call for a ban if several gas stations do not stop selling chore boy and glass encase roses as a single item.
The ban would eliminate the readily available access to these items. It would also make the community a safer place for children. Check out Wichita NAACP branch on a similar issue.
The Sentencing Project just released a report on the background of the disparaties sentencing of individuals who use crack versus powder cocaine on January 8, 2008.
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