The ordinance requires nonalcoholic clubs to close at 2 a.m. as do clubs that serve alcohol. David Wasserman, an attorney for the owner of an after-hours nightclub formally known as Cyberzone, said his client would likely challenge the ordinance in federal court for violating the First Amendment. Stopping people at 2 a.m. will not win the war on drugs. This is no different than when my parent's generation burned Elvis records. But Danielle Laudermilk, a recovering drug addict, told commissioners that drug use is rampant at the clubs and that they should do more to regulate the them.
People are sly, but addicts are even slyer.
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