Lollipops as late-night crowd control?

Music may soothe the savage beast, but what do you do about out-of-control, wasted meatheads after last call? Apparently, they can be satisfied with a sucker.

The Globe and Mail reported on a plan to literally pacify drunk morons in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, wherein city staff and police officers handed out red and blue lollipops to “loud and aggressive” men. In a move cribbed from United Kingdom peace-keeping measures, a member of a task force charged with late-night peace keeping believes that lollipops are the answer to unruly drunkards.