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For starters, I don't think there's any conceivable risk of boxes on supermarket shelves being stuffed to the brim with cocaine. If you want to look at the num
by stouset 11y ago
For starters, I don't think there's any conceivable risk of boxes on supermarket shelves being stuffed to the brim with cocaine.
If you want to look at the number of cumulative life-years lost to drugs vs. sugar in the past several decades, my intuition is that it's not even remotely a close contest.
- jpmattia 11y ago> For starters, I don't think there's any conceivable risk of boxes on supermarket shelves being stuffed to the brim with cocaine. Then again, it might be worth remembering the origin of the brand name Coke.
- simoncion 11y agoWhen remembering that, it's also good to remember the regulatory regime present at the time. [0] From a food and drug regulation perspective, that time is very different from this time. That difference makes your pithy quip not so very clever. [0] Compare the date at which cocaine was removed from Coca-Cola [1] to the enactment date of the Pure Food and Drug Act. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Coca_.E2.80.93_cocaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Coca_.E2.80.93_cocai... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
- rhino369 11y agoYou don't think there is a risk that if drugs were totally legal, food produces wouldn't start adding addictive drugs? These companies are already trying to engineer the most addictive dorrito possible. People love stuff like red bull and coffee because of their stimulant properties. I bet there is a huge market for Frosted (with Coke) Flakes.