Soldato
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Um, I think you'll find you do. Your body certainly needs glucose to function.
What you should have said is we don't need 'added' sugar in our foods to survive.
Khat to be banned
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Um, I think you'll find you do. Your body certainly needs glucose to function.
What you should have said is we don't need 'added' sugar in our foods to survive.
No, and that's not what I said. But you do need sugar to survive including glucose in the blood. When sugar is not directly present in food, the body will digest the complex carbohydrates in the food and absorb them as sugar, or even convert fats to sugar, so to say this substance that is naturally present in most foods directly or indirectly in the form of carbohydrates is inherently bad or to compare it to a psychoactive compound is absurd.
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Tell that to someone who is having a hypoglycaemic episode.
Fats and proteins are broken down for glucose, we don't "need" sugar at all.
Did no one ever tell you not to talk with your mouth full of khat?
ketones say otherwise
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Soldato
Meanwhile ~ A large percentage of what is sold as "Food" poisons millions.
Man of Honour
People seem to misunderstand current drugs policy and think its based on evidence of the physical and social harms of a substance. This simply isn't the case.
Soldato
What is the case?
Khat has no significant historical roots in the uk or large support.
It will go the same way as other minority deviances.
Well the 2.5mill in tax and thousands of jobs is nice.
Underground onto the black market, supporting crime?
Man of Honour
Yes and no - they are factors, but not as large a factor as politics. A thing which David Nutt seems unable to understand. And while I'm on that subject: David Nutt is not the world's leading authority on drugs. He's a mid-range authority, who runs his own consultancy, and all his pronouncements these days are essentially trying to drum up business.
Cathinone is also banned in the UK, and has been for a very long time. IIRC, it was in the original 1971 MDA. However, the MDA currently only applied to the drug, but not when in plant form. I should also point out that the argument over khat has been going on for at least fifteen years in this country, so this is hardly a New Thing. Attempts to ban it usually raise the issue of racism, since it is only used by one racial group, but also issues of criminal gangs getting rich off the stuff.
Soldato
Gilly must have shares in the Khat trade.
The war on drugs has failed spectacularly, and it's great seeing marijuanna legalised in more and more places so those that are using it can use it safely
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5439312
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5439312
Man of Honour
Who in your opinion is a leading authority?
Soldato
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Caporegime
Why not here?
Soldato
I see no logic here.
No they don't.