In at least one Twin Cities pet shop, it takes a note from his parents nowadays for a teen-ager to lay in any big supply of catnip. Owners of other stores have taken to questioning their youthful customers closely about large-scale purchases. They know the reason for the sudden popularity of catnip in the Twin Cities and nationwide – and it isn’t the one a young man gave the owner of a Hennepin Av. pet shop: “I have,” he explained, “a GREAT, BIG cat.”
The fact is, the kids are smoking the stuff, apparently in dubious pursuit of a low-budget thrill.
What’s more, it’s getting so you can’t even trust your friendly neighborhood dope peddler anymore – there’s evidence that marijuana salesmen are diluting the pot with catnip or substituting catnip altogether. |