The Bill Was Passed...
Mood:  surprised
Today, January 23, 2007, Mayor John Street signed the Philly Blunt Ban. The bill bans the sell of any items that can be "convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of [the Pennsylvania Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act]." You can find a link to the bill on the sources link. The bill excludes specialty cigar stores, hotels, and restaurants. Stores in violation will also be fined $700-2000 depending on the year. It is also possible to have your business privilege license revoked by The Department of Licenses and Inspections if the ban is in violation. To me the bill sounds interesting and may help the reduction of the drug related crimes/deaths in our city. The purpose of the bill is important to our community, but I feel like it will be a hard bill to enforce. Although clearly from my last post, you can tell this city needs it.


Source:
http://www.phillynorml.org/bluntbill/2907.pdf
http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_023190459.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_blunt_ban
http://www.affbrainwash.com/archives/021848.php

Posted by planet/bluntban at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Sunday, 11 March 2007 11:51 PM EDT
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