SURREY SAYS NO TO DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Drug paraphernalia will be banned from display or sale in all Surrey
stores.

Responding from a number of public complaints, Surrey council voted
Monday to restrict the sale of all items related to illicit drug use.

Some of those would include pipes used for crack cocaine, roach clips
for marijuana joints, and even aerosol spray containers with false
bottoms to hide drugs.

"It's unfortunate that stores that sell candy to young people have
openly displayed drug paraphernalia," said Coun. Barinder Rasode. "So
we're upping the ante."

She describes the proposed legislation as incomplete, but notes the
city wanted something on the books right away.

Final reading on the law is expected in the coming weeks.