Make chocolate a class B drug

PMM Aug 25, 2009 01:52:24

Well, there was a loophole for a while. While I was still toking, I was able to buy "Spice Gold" - a legal high that actually got me stoned.

Not for much longer though. If I wanted to buy spice after this year, I'd have to go to a dealer instead.

Quite right too. But I think it doesn't go anything like far enough.

So I propose that we need to criminalise chocolate.

Why?

Well first of all, it's addictive. Rather like other drugs such as heroin and PCP, it's a complex material made of hundreds of different substances, including the powerful stimulant, caffeine.

Secondly, Overuse can lead to nausea. It can be lethal if taken in large doses, particularly if you have an underlying health condition such as diabetes. It's also been linked to obesity, and, like methodone, it has been linked to dental problems.

Thirdly, it's been strongly linked to cannabis. Many people consider cannabis to be a gateway to misuse of chocolate.

I must admit, I've had some chocolate tonight. Just a couple of chunks. Now I can't sleep.

handofdave Aug 25, 2009 02:10:35

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In all seriousness, why do our societies sanction alcohol use and not cannabis use? One is legal, the other scapegoated as a gateway to ruin.

The hypocrisy is plain to any ten year old who hasn't been brainwashed.

Squid Tempest Aug 25, 2009 12:09:43

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On a slightly more serious note, I was disturbed to see a team of rozzers with a sniffer dog waiting at the bottom of an escalator to the tube the other day, the dog sniffing everyone coming down the escalator.

So many fuzz being paid to stand around trying to catch the odd toking hippy (I was lucky not to be in a position to be sniffled myself) and then to subject them to the rigours of our penal system.

How about investing the money on catching some real criminals instead? Not only that, but as most of the people coming down the escalator were tourists, I imagine that many of them thought this was some kind of anti-terrorist excercise and were freaked out as a result.

FOMouse Aug 25, 2009 16:40:42

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I'd make choklit class A meself. I think you're undervaluing it.

fnff.

Moon Cat Aug 25, 2009 17:37:51

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Ban Baby Jezoo!

He seems to be a legal high for lots of people but causes harm and death too!

Popel Vooje Aug 25, 2009 17:46:59

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Funnily enough, I'd have had no particular inclination to try Spice Gold before the Government decided to ban it. But now that they have, I'm going to make sure I sample it at least once before it goes underground. A couple of my mates have told me that it's surprisingly effective too.

I guess that proves Merrick's point (which I agree with)about how there's no evidence that decriminalisation reduces consumption.

I hope Salvia doesn't get banned next though.

sanshee Aug 26, 2009 19:50:24

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They are selling this stuff at our local Spar, right beside the sweets and Hannah Montana stickers.

A little black bottle, called 'Devil Kick Juice' or something.

Intruiged, I picked it up to take a look, and its main ingredients are caffeine and that taurine stuff, with loadsa sucrose et al.

It says 'not recommended' for children, but they can buy it.

Un-real.

bauheed Aug 27, 2009 20:40:29

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I heard a story about a friend of a friend who consumed an excessive amount of nutmeg cos it's supposd to have hallucinagenic properties. Knocked him out cold for some time by all accounts. Apparently the it is a hallucinagin, at least according to Wikipedia. So ban nutmeg too!

mercian Aug 27, 2009 22:01:07

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I`ve heard some people get high sniffin petro chemicals. When they gonna ban them?

Shelby Mustang Aug 30, 2009 16:40:19

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i eat the stuff by the bar. sometimnes i have to share this bar with the kids. then i'm like a fucking crack addict i get so cranky!!!!