Flash in the Pan

Thanks to the Nobody's Business blog of Rogier van Bakel and this item by guest blogger Anita Bartholomew (both journalistic colleagues and friends of mine). Apparently a Democratic representative in the Missouri legislature heard that some people use baking soda to make crack cocaine, so he wants it behind the counter, just like pseudoephedrine. Here's something on the process. Notice that they use spoons and a heat source such as a lighter or candle? So let's get flatware behind the counter, and candles, for that matter. I'm sure I'll feel safer in a few moments.

An addendum

I told the story to my teenaged daughter who looked puzzled and said, "Wait, wouldn't you need cocaine first?" Yup, so let's control the far more prevelant and widely used ingredient. Oh, I forget, making crack often happens in a crack house, so let's put houses behind the counter as well.