Don't chug the bong water

By Michael J.W. Stickings

This has to be one of the stupidest court decisions ever. The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that bong water -- yes, bong water -- may be deemed to be an illegal drug if it contains a controlled substance. Now, sure, if it contains, say, a huge quantity of meth, I get it, sort of. But your usual bong water? Really?

Yes, really. Because, apparently, you could drink it later and get high. Now, I've never done that, and likely won't, but I can't say it sounds all that appealing.

The "war on drugs" is ridiculous enough already. But if there's still going to be a crackdown on illegal drugs, shouldn't there actually be, you know, drugs, not just bong water?