I think you hit the nail on the head with the fact that it had no special interest or political support. As such, it's a relatively safe way for our local pols to prove that they are DOING SOMETHING. 

Of course what they're really doing is trumping up a flashy non-issue to divert attention away from the real and difficult problems the city faces.

The real refer madness has yet to begin!

Many more people have lost their loved ones to alcohol than ever will to fake pot. I'm OK with the DEA banning harmful substances, but not playing favorites.

It's called manufactured outrage. Does anybody really care? I doubt it. There are more pressing issues like jobs!

I didn't give a crap about this issue until the teenage son of a friend of mine took an ambulance ride to the hospital after smoking it.  Now I want to know how he can purchase this garbage legally, when he isn't even old enough to drink?  I never heard of anyone going to the ER for smoking pot.  If something's being sold and it's just not safe, something needs to be done about that.  I agree, there's bigger issues, but this one is not a non-issue, not by any stretch.

Darn.  I never got to try it.

Nope, Meow Meow is illegal under the analog act.

Get out of my life government.

Gateway drug is alcohol and cigarettes.