John Ashcroft stumbled out of his ‘safe room’ yesterday to announce a nationwide crackdown on drug paraphernalia. 55 people were arrested and 11 Internet sites were shut down in the federal raids. The newly minted defendants stand accused of selling drug paraphernalia. Specifically, selling drug paraphernalia on the Internet. Historically, the federal government did not waste time on head shops—online or not. They had higher priorities and bigger fish to fry. Until somebody got a hangnail in their underwear and decided that people s. . . Read More.