Update: There’s a solid follow-up from Walworth County Today about the reach of the ban — it won’t apply to our campus, as that jurisdiction is under the authority of the state and university system. See, City of Whitewater can’t ban synthetic pot on campus.
At last night’s council meeting, a clear majority of the council voted (on first reading) to ban on the possession, sale, or consumption of so-called synthetic marijuana.
No ban will solve an issue not of supply, but of demand. There’s no surprise that a ban passed the first reading; it will eventually become law.
One shouldn’t be surprised later when consumption of real or synthetic marijuana in Whitewater is unchanged.
The War on Drugs has the challenge that General Westmoreland’s effort in Vietnam had: a numbers count, of whatever measure (enemy causalities then, arrests or bans now), will prove ineffective.
Lots of funding, lots of headlines, no overall progress.