"if you think it's dry now" and other drug related urban legends

Some of you may remember the craze among stoners claiming to have seen signs reading "If you think it's dry now, wait til December," or something similar, supposedly set up by the DEA or local law enforcement.

When I first heard this rumor my first impulse was to find the sign and steal it, but when I went to find it there was nothing to steal.

The next day a girl I knew who sold pot was talking about the signs. No one accused her of lying, so it seemed suspicious when she kept saying things like "I'm not making this up, I saw it myself, I never lie, I hate liars," etc.

So I started to suspect it was a myth. I did a search online and found that similar claims were baing made all over the country, but no one could provide a picture of the signs. Apart from that, common sense told me that the law wouldn't be warning users of an impending shortage since that would equate to saying "you'd better go to your dealer and stock up before it's too late."

I can think of probably a hundred other myths and urban legends about drugs that have become so widely accepted that if you tell people they're wrong they tell you you're arguing w/ undeniable fact.

On my way to work this morning I was listening to a certain talk radio show where listeners regularly call in to complain about illegal immigrants (you know, the poor white man, always having his land taken from him by darker skinned peoples;) ). So a caller was claiming to have met a couple in Texas who had been vacationing in Mexico when their son went missing. According to the story, several hours later they saw a man approaching with their son in his arms, seemingly asleep. The Mother screamed in excitement, so the man got spooked, dropped the kid and ran off. When they got to the boy he was dead and they discovered that he had been gutted and filled w/ illegal drugs. In other words, the idea is that the evil Mexican thought the couple would fail to notice the boy was dead, thinking he was asleep, until they crossed the border, where contacts would presumably retrieve the goods

One of the hosts of the show was quick to point out that this sounded like an urban legend, and I was glad to hear that some people still think for themselves.