Challenge: drug legalization
Word Count: 100
Excerpt from The Jordan Rivers Show on WWN-1:
“...the Wizengamot are expected to vote shortly on the controversial proposal to legalize boomslang venom for household use. Although this substance can be deadly, in small quantities it is a crucial ingredient in blood purifying potions, and the Society of Homeopathic Wizards have long lobbied for its removal from the controlled substances schedule.
“However, powerful forces are arrayed against legalization. Her Majesty's Worshipful Society of Magical Apothecaries have issued a statement in opposition, as boomslang venom has anticoagulant properties that can render it lethal when handled by the untrained. wizard...”