Hello list,
It has been brought to my attention by a friend who
recently bought a corner "hood store," that one of the
best-selling items is a product known as "roses" which
is a glass tube used for smoking crack. This product
retails for $2.50. (Though stores purchase them
wholesale for 13 cents each.)
In addition, for the wealthier addict, many stores
also carry glass pipes for $9.99.
I fail to see what legal use these products could
have, since I'm pretty sure you can't comfortably
smoke tobacco from them, and who would want to
anyway...?
So this is yet another bothersome trait of the
so-called "hood stores" which dot the landscape of
Phillips, North Minneapolis and other locales, and I
wonder what people think about it?
I have emailed my house representative on this subject
plan to follow up on the issue because I find it
absolutely offensive that these stores can participate
in the culture of crack which is so integral to the
perpetuation of violence and hopelessness in my
community.
In fact, now that I think about it, I am outraged. I
mean, what's next, selling empty syringes?
Connie Nompelis
West Phillips & Powderhorn
(Live in WP)
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