SHORT TAKES : Bart Simpson’s Smirking Face Shows Up on LSD-Laced Stamp
Bart Simpson, the television cartoon character whose image can be found on everything from coffee mugs to T-shirts, is turning up on stamps of the psychedelic drug LSD.
Bart’s smirking face has appeared on blotter acid, LSD-laced stamps that are sold in sheets, police said.
Michael Borcsok, 21, of Albany was charged Tuesday with possession of 261 “hits” of hallucinogenic Bart Simpson stamps, police said.
Another batch of the stamps surfaced last week in Pittsfield, Mass., about 40 miles east of Albany, police there said.
“These stamps are very obviously aimed at young children. Kids love Bart Simpson,” said Steve Dnistrian, a spokesman for Phoenix House, a New York drug rehabilitation center.
Cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy have been placed on blotter acid sheets since the 1960s, when the illegal drug became widely sold.
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