This is old news for Chicagoans, but I've been bitching about it so constantly that one friend finally said, "just blog about it so we don't have to have this conversation again."
Maybe I miss Wednesdays at city hall. But this new indication of legislative applesauce gave me an eye-rolling strain.
Alds. Bob Fioretti and Ed Smith (aldermen I usually agree with)recently championed banning the sale of little ziploc baggies in Chicago in an attempt to curb illegal drug sales.
Lt. Kevin Navarro, commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department's Narcotics and Gang Unit, addressed the Health Committee that moved the measure forward earlier this month. He said the baggies are important because buyers can use the baggie names as code so that they don't have to say the drug's actual name.
Sorry, Navarro, but when is the last time you heard a user request "twenty dollars worth of methamphetamine?"
And I'm sure dealers would absolutely balk at putting a dime in a regular-sized baggie:
"Hey! That's for sandwiches, man."
I'm also positive there's no way dealers would stop in Evanston on their way back from Canada or Evergreen Park on their way from Mexico to pick up some "marketing supplies."
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