DOPE PHONES CAUSE A BUZZ

Marijuana-scented cell phone covers caused such a buzz in Australia that
the company selling them had to pull them out of an technology fair in
Sydney yesterday. Local authorities and New South Wales state Premier, Bob
Carr, slammed the green, marijuana-motif covers as promoting drug use to
young people. "A big over-reaction," said Robert Punch, owner, chief
executive and founder of Corporate Phone Covers. "It's a novelty." Made in
China and arrayed next to chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, cherry and
rose-scented snap-on covers, the marijuana version sold well, though only
to the over 18s