Where there’s a demand there’s bound to be a supply. So don’t be surprised if a black market breaks out at Oak Harbor High School and other high schools in the state in the near future.

This new breed of racketeer won’t be peddling drugs or pornography as in the past. Inside their raincoats will likely be a wide assortment of junk food, ranging from Almond Joys and Rocky Roads to Pringles, Cheetos and Pepsi. A kid could stock up at the grocery store and sell the items for double at school where youngsters raised from birth on junk food will pay anything for a sugary, salty fix.

The Oak Harbor School Board will soon adopt a policy to phase out junk food over several years in what seems to be an effort to forestall immediate symptoms of withdrawal. As in most cases when a local board goes too far in passing regulations, it’s being done at the urging of higher ups — various agencies of the state and federal governments are demanding it. At some point, no doubt, school districts will lose their federal No Child Left Behind dollars if federally funded chocolate-sniffing dogs scent a Hershsey bar in the hallway.

The new health-oriented snacks ordered by bureaucrats are certain to sell as well as freezers at the North Pole, and student services that depend on sales of snacks and soft drinks will take a devastating financial hit. Meanwhile, kids who want junk food will get it elsewhere, probably from enterprising students will be called criminals and hauled away to our new Juvenile Detention Facility for re-education.

Bottom line: More rule and regulations, more manufactured crime, no net positive effect. In other words, a perfect government operation.