CRACK PIPE OUTRAGE

Family Can't Believe Drug Paraphernalia For Sale At Local Convenience
Stores

A city woman is outraged after she discovered cheap drug paraphernalia
for sale at a store across the street from a skateboard park.

While her 13-year-old nephew spent Tuesday afternoon at Avenue
Skatepark at 118 Avenue and 90 Street, Natasha Dunphy, 19, went to a
dollar store across the street with her nephew's mother.

The women couldn't believe their eyes when they saw several different
types of glass pipes for sale at the counter.

"I thought it was disgusting. It makes it seem like they're supporting
drug use," said Dunphy.

An employee working at Canadian Dollar Store-Grocery yesterday said
the pipes are used for tobacco and are sold all along 118 Avenue.

But Dunphy said there's no mistaking the pipes for tobacco products.
The pipes are used to smoke marijuana, crack and meth, she said.

Police spokesman Jeff Wuite said this isn't the first time they've had
complaints about glass pipes being sold in convenience stores.

"Unfortunately, it's not illegal to sell them or else we'd be telling
them to stop," he said.