Chicago may ban small plastic bags because they are often used for drugs. I wonder what implications this will have for businesses selling body jewelry. Illinois has always been notoriously unsympathetic to the body mod industry, only recently taking the legal tattoo age down from 21 to 18. According to the article:
…one reasonably should know that such items will be or are being used to package, transfer, deliver or store a controlled substance.
And how does one “reasonably” know this? By deciding who looks like they might be a drug user and who doesn’t? What great logic. Should we ban spoons, small mirrors, cd cases, light bulbs, dollar bills and syringes too?
