Clearly John Ashcroft must not be worried about real issues because now he’s going after online bong dealers.

“At a time when the rest of the country is worried about terrorism, this attorney general is going after people who sell pipes,” said Keith Stroup, the founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana laws. “Surely he has something better to do with his time.”

Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, suggested the busts were aimed at scoring political points against a perceived counterculture.

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