An Idea Whose Time Has Come
From the frozen tundras of Canada, the brilliance of ....well, not exactly brilliance. More like enabling on a grand scale:
- A nonprofit organization has installed Canada’s first-ever crack pipe vending machines in Vancouver in an effort to curb the spread of disease, according to Canada’s CTV News.
The machines dispense Pyrex crack pipes in exchange for just 25 cents.
“For us, this was about increasing access to safer inahalation supplies in the Downtown Eastside,” Kailin See, director of the Drug Users Resource Centre, told CTV.
"Drug User Resource Centre." We had those at one time - it was called "prison."
We can see the wheels turning inside some politicians' heads.
We can see the wheels turning inside some politicians' heads.
Labels: dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
29 Comments:
During the 1970's we had "Head Shops" that sold all that stuff, legally by the way too... back then.
One was on Archer Ave near Central and one was in Ford City's Peacock Alley... that I knew of.
Great idea. This is on a par with needle exchanges, a clean needle for a used one. The war on drugs is lost, and lead by the wise Obama, the U.S. is in the process of surrender.
Because that's what the tax payers want to support... Paraphernalia for the addicts to enable them. Survival of the fittest. Can't stay healthy then oh well. Clean dope pipes should not be readily available. That's like saying it's ok and they're card about and they shops have safe dope pipes. It's ridiculous.
Booze was made illegal and America created a criminal elite that made money in the billions.
A fake war on drugs created cartels that are billionaires. What's the difference?
Legalize it all and let those who will use whether there is a law against it or not use. Tax it and control it. End of fucking story.
Spread the word on this ....so hopefully all these crack heads move to Canada....this might be a good thing for us!
Dickie Devine got off way to easy. Devine would always be the one with the final say if a PO was going to be indicted or not, but he was hands off on this case?
Surely, the Mayor of Toronto owes this company a huge amount of thanks.
It will save countless automobile antennas from being vandalized.
What about hypodermic syringes in injection kits with alcohol swab etc?
Why not throw the crack in for another .25?
Idiots.
Move them crackheads north!
I want the Cook County contract!!!!
Uh, you don't get diseases from crack pipes. Needles, yes.
they are also installing the justin bieber party kit vending machines--- for 20 bucks you get a small amount of mousse for the pompadour, sunglasses, a cordial of vodka, a dime bag of weed, and a couple of xanax--- yah hey dere....
"We can see the wheels turning inside some politicians' heads.
Posted by SCC at 12:03 AM on Feb 11, 2014"
I think Burke will now be selling condoms just outside City Hall doors as a result of this post.
Great idea, if they would coat the crack pipes with ricin. Be rid of the crack problem real quick.
This is one of the reasons Obama loves Canada.
Canada is such an embarrassment. What a joke of a country. Just let the English have it back already.
This Ain't your daddy's headshop!
The "Legal Marijuana" stores in Washington and Colorado have become major targets for armed robberies and burglaries.
Why go rob a 7-11 for $300 when you can hit one of these places for $300,000 in cash or produce.
Then go hit the 7-11 store for all the Cheetos in the place.
Now that marijuana is legal in some places, and the money cartels will see that it goes national, we were talking about how eventually it will have to be advertised. That means celebrity endorsements. Our favorite pro athletes going for the Colorado Gold and the Rocky Mountain High.
Billy Crystal talked about this on Jay Leno's last Tonight show.
It's hard to listen to music without a car antenna.
SCC: Agree with your comments in theory, but in practice, as strange and distasteful and they might sound, programs like these have actually helped elsewhere -- including significantly reducing public health costs. I agree that it sounds crazy to supply crack pipes, but a choice between supplying some 10-cent glass pipes or spending tens of thousands of public dollars per user at the ER combating all kinds of infections is a pretty easy economic choice. I agree that it sounds horrible, but from a public funds and public health perspective, it makes sense. I mean, would you rather have some baked dude wandering around clean, or spreading every infectious, contagious disease known to man?
Great idea! The City can spend millions of tax dollars on developing and implementing a system that will do this here, run it at a profit and increase sales because more and healthier junkies are using it, then sell it for a fraction of it's real value to an out of state company that has clout, have the aldercreatures unanimously agree and take the pittance paid and put it into some hidden TIF - don't you just love Chicago?
During the 1970's we had "Head Shops" that sold all that stuff, legally by the way too... back then.
One was on Archer Ave near Central and one was in Ford City's Peacock Alley... that I knew of.
2/11/2014 12:05:00 AM
Shaved,
apparently you haven't gotten out a lot since the 70's. Lots of headshops still operating: look no further than your old stomping grounds on North Halsted, aka Boystown.
Keesing Bandit Jr.
I dont think its fair to charge for them you should get two free ones with every obama phone and or link card.
Why is Dougherty even running? Oh ya because he needs the money.
Great idea. This is on a par with needle exchanges, a clean needle for a used one. The war on drugs is lost, and lead by the wise Obama, the U.S. is in the process of surrender.
2/11/2014 12:37:00 AM
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The war on ALL crime is lost, dipshit. Or haven't you noticed?
At least Obama's winning the War on the Middle Class.
Anonymous said...
Move them crackheads north!
2/11/2014 08:02:00 AM
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Exactly.
Just like they've refused to extradite U.S. murderers looking at death sentences.
The incentive is clear -- "Druggies and murderers, go north!"
Hey, Canucks. How many do ya want?
They may be on to something. In denver we had a heck of a time keeping our govt mandated CFLs in our outside (and public bathroom) lights because the crack/crank heads would steal them to smoke out of.
So maybe they're trying to cut down on the cost of constantly replacing their CFLs? And if they smoke mercury, well, so be it.
thats it! tonight we discard all our Pyrex baking dishes
dont want to be affiliated with these bottom feeders
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