HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 12-19 Maplewood store to discontinue the sale of drug paraphernalia REVIEW Minnesota ., .. ,q: WED., DEC. 19, 1979
Maplewood store to discontinue
the sale of drug pparaphernalia
The score sheet reads: Maplewood city Maplewood city attorney's office that people will not interpret our move to
council, 1, and drug paraphernalia prepared a more specific paraphernalia eliminate these products as an answer to
sellers, 0. ordinance, which the City of Eagan the drug abuse problem in the com-
THE COUNCIL apparently has won its adopted. Currently Eagan's ordinance is munity."
battle to eliminate the sale of drug being challenged by a business in Eagan. Don Lais, Maplewood city attorney,
paraphernalia within the city limits. A temporary injuction has been issued said he thinks Third Stone Music is an-
In a letter to Mayor John Greavu dated against the ordinance in district court. ticipating the fight against the sale of
Dec.13,Timothy G.Swensen.president of APPARENTLY IN reaction to the drug accessory products is going to
Third Stone Music,Inc.,said,"We will be latest court battle, Swensen said, "We continue.
removing our inventory of smoking pipes make this decision (to discontinue the "I suspect they can already see the light
and other accessories by no later than paraphernalia sales) based on our con- at the end of the tunnel,"he said. "People
Feb. 1, 1980." cern regardless of the outcome of the do not want the sale of drug parapher-
Third Stone Music has a store in the court's decision as to the legality of these nalia to continue. The public won't be
Maplewood Square.It has been the main products. happy until a law is enacted banning the
target of the city's anti-paraphernalia "We will be replacing these items with sale of these ptoducts."
campaign. products we hope will appeal to a broad He sees a statewide law banning the
In 1972, the council tried to enforce its cross-section of the entire community. sales as a better approach to the issue.
ordinance prohibiting the sale of drug "The past few weeks have become an Lais said the National Drug
paraphernalia.The issue wound up in the education for us. We never realized the Administration has proposed a model law
courts, and the ordinance was declared extent of concern people had regarding to control the sale of drug paraphernalia.
unconstitutional in May 1979. The the sale of these items.It seems that more Several Minnesota legislators are having
defendants, Third Stone Music, have and more national exposure is being given their staffs research the model law.They
continued to sell their smoking accessory to this issue.From our viewpoint,most of are expected to introduce a similar state
products. it is negative." law during the upcoming legislative
After the May court decision, the SWENSEN CONTINUED, "We hope session.