Chicago lawmakers are proposing a

Chicago lawmakers are proposing a ban on miniature ziplock baggies, because pretty much nobody uses them for anything other than storing crack, cocaine, and weed. The law would prevent "self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in either height or width," from being sold in the city. The ban probably won't have too much of an impact, though, since drug dealers can just purchase their baggies on the internet. For example on one site that I found by googling "dime bag," mini ziplocks are available in several designs, including a version festooned with marijuana leaves. The site notes that their products are "great for storing rare coins, jewelry, and stamps!" I'm sure that, in addition to drug dealers, jewelers, coin collectors, and philatelists are all devastated by the proposed baggie ban in Chicago. [Chicago Sun-Times]