Hey Kid, Want Something For Your Habit

[bejohnson]

Junk food dealers trying to cash in (http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1026697)
Burnaby/CKNW(AM980)

9/16/2008


Some secondary students in Burnaby are trying to make some money off the new ban on junk food.

They're selling the hard to resist chips, pop and chocolate bars on site.

The candy bars and chips are no longer stocked in vending machines, so some students have been bringing them in and selling them to others.

The district is aware of the situation and is now attempting to "discourage the practice".

Its unclear how many kids are trying to cash in on those junk food cravings.
Ban a commodity and create a black market for it. :Nope

Some people that should learn from history never do. :banghead

[efernandez_98]

Woo, hoo... its just like the prohibition.

[Empty_Quarter]

You gotta do, what you gotta do. Hah!

That's a smart idea, mark up the price by 200% from the original and you are rich! Who knows what kids with cravings are willing to pay for junk food.

[egarrard]

Expel the students immediately who are caught selling food. Zero tolerance. They are there to learn, not make money. That's what you can do. Then how smart is that sales idea?

[efernandez_98]

Expel the students immediately who are caught selling food. Zero tolerance. They are there to learn, not make money. That's what you can do. Then how smart is that sales idea?

There was zero tolerance during the prohibition, yet the ale still flowed.

[KusoSamurai]

Ban a commodity and create a black market for it. :Nope

Some people that should learn from history never do. :banghead

Sounds like my school. They banned soda, so now everyone just goes to 7/11 across the street for their craving