The Daily Oklahoman, commonly referred to as “The Daily Disappointment”, and the subject of a a CJR cover story as “The Worst Paper in America“, covers the recent internet drug paraphernalia crackdown with a local twist, surveying the few & far-between head shops in the City.
The most striking bit of the story is a quote they let go unchallenged:
“People selling drug paraphernalia are in essence no different than drug dealers,” said John B. Brown III, acting drug agency administrator.
Yes, that’s right. They’re just like drug dealers aside from, you know, the not dealing drugs thing. But other than that…
An employee at Ziggyz Smoke Novelty Shop says “We’re not really a smoke shop or a head shop. We’re just a general merchandise store.”. And maybe he’s right — I bought my copy of The Book of the SubGenius ![[amazon]](http://molelog.molehill.org/blog/amzn-y12.png){kind=small}
there, oh so many years ago. I think I got a French-edition Penthouse at the same time, come to think of it.