Article: Ban flavored pot paper, panel asks Teen users conceal drug in 'blunts' that look like cigars

Chicago would ban the sale and distribution of flavored cigar wrappers used to obscure the sight and smell of marijuana wrapped inside, under a crackdown advanced Monday to keep pace with the latest trend in teenage drug use.

"I'm seeing more and more young people smoking cigars. Now I realize it's just a disguise," said Ald. Ray Suarez (31st).

Rolling paper that looks like the outside of a cigar and tastes and smells like strawberry or cognac can't possibly have a legitimate purpose, said Police Committee Chairman Isaac Carothers (29th).

"I don't know anyone who's ever bought one of these who only had tobacco in there. . . . When people want to smoke a cigar, they buy a cigar," Carothers ...

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