BAN ON DRUG GEAR IS A WASTE OF TIME

Regarding "Morrison backs ban on drug paraphernalia" (Feb. 1 Eagle):
Why throw more public resources into a useless effort? The ban
proposed by the Wichita NAACP and supported by Attorney General Paul
Morrison would not only be very costly but completely ineffective.

As almost any middle school student knows, countless everyday items
can be utilized as drug paraphernalia.

Are we going to outlaw toilet tissue and canned beverages, for
instance? The paper tube from a roll of toilet tissue and an empty
beverage can are but two common items that can easily be modified to
serve as pipes for the smoking of a variety of drugs.

If a person wants to use illicit drugs, that person will find a way.
The lack of conventional paraphernalia is no deterrent to the
determined drug abuser.

For the sake of all Kansans, please let our legislators concentrate on
more meaningful issues.

C.A. Riley,

Wichita