Topic: DRUGS - on September 14, 2004 at 7:22:00 PM CEST
'Cigar papers' sold as taste treats, but officials say they're all about pot
Ah, the Royal Blunt. A 3- by 5-inch sheet of tobacco and premium paper that comes in 13 flavors including sour apple, chocolate, watermelon, black cherry and cognac is selling for about a buck apiece at area convenience and liquor stores.
Rolled around a strawlike plastic tube to keep it fresh and pliant, the Royal Blunt is a "cigar paper," meant only for those of legal age, to roll their own cigars, according to Royal Blunt, the Raleigh, N.C.-based manufacturer.
It is perfectly legal to sell to those over 18 in Massachusetts. They're sold in cities and suburbs.
Even a veteran Lowell vice cop, hearing about Royal Blunts for the first time, calls them "pretty ingenious."
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