For just a few bucks, Spokane residents can pop into many local convenience stores and purchase something that looks like a crack pipe – and that very well may quack like a crack pipe – but that retailers will swear is an oil burner or made for tobacco.

With few solutions left, Spokane has banned single-serve alcohol sales downtown, as well as drug paraphernalia, unless the seller also provides free naloxone.

Spokane City Council has unanimously voted to ask certain vendors to remove single-serve alcoholic drinks from store shelves in a downtown area. This decision affects quick stops

Spokane City Council passed two ordinances on Monday night restricting the sale of alcohol containers and drug paraphernalia downtown.