Orville Wrong
26 Aug 2005, 08:20 AM
It turns out that we haven't messed up the war on drugs, but that wars on drugs are just universally messed up. Observe the Canadians, from Colby Cosh:
Methamphetamine follies: say cheese
3 p.m. Tuesday: A Saskatoon Salvation Army staffer finds "suspicious materials" on the premises; after an initial examination, police conclude that the strange-smelling chemicals might be a meth lab or the remains of one. The residents are rousted out and hosed down, and police wall off four city blocks for much of the afternoon.
Wednesday morning: The Sally Ann clients are restored to their rooms, and a police spokesman tersely reassures the public that the chemicals were not, in fact, dangerous. The eminent Star-Phoenix offers no mention of what they, in fact, were.
Wednesday afternoon: That possible meth lab that shut down much of the city? Turns out it was a darkroom. Sure, dozens of people were humiliated, thousands inconvenienced, and the city's police apparatus immobilized for hours, but at least we're safe from the vinegary menace of stop bath.
Methamphetamine follies: say cheese
3 p.m. Tuesday: A Saskatoon Salvation Army staffer finds "suspicious materials" on the premises; after an initial examination, police conclude that the strange-smelling chemicals might be a meth lab or the remains of one. The residents are rousted out and hosed down, and police wall off four city blocks for much of the afternoon.
Wednesday morning: The Sally Ann clients are restored to their rooms, and a police spokesman tersely reassures the public that the chemicals were not, in fact, dangerous. The eminent Star-Phoenix offers no mention of what they, in fact, were.
Wednesday afternoon: That possible meth lab that shut down much of the city? Turns out it was a darkroom. Sure, dozens of people were humiliated, thousands inconvenienced, and the city's police apparatus immobilized for hours, but at least we're safe from the vinegary menace of stop bath.