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I'm genuinely surprised Sugar is not even in the list.
by x32n23nr 6y ago
I'm genuinely surprised Sugar is not even in the list.
- sukilot 6y agoThe headline (and chart) is misleading. The article is about intoxicants. Also, sugar isn't generally considered a drug.
- mark-r 6y agoIs tobacco considered an intoxicant then?
- zeroonetwothree 6y agoNot a drug. But of course very harmful.
- xchaotic 6y agoYou eat sugar in some form everyday so it’d be pretty hard and pointless to try and ban it. And potentially more harmful too. Used wisely, just like drugs, sugar can be good for you- that’s why our bodies like it.
- luckylion 6y ago> You eat sugar in some form everyday so it’d be pretty hard and pointless to try and ban it. Fruit juice regularly contains a small amount of alcohol, yet I'm sure nobody counts it as a drug. Shouldn't we consider sugar similarly? An apple? Not a drug. A candy bar or a soda? Well, it does give you energy and a good feeling...
- robbrown451 6y agoApple juice has as much sugar as soda. Also, what about breakfast cereal? Canned pasta marketed to kids? Etc. All have lots of sugar. Where do you draw the line?
- luckylion 6y agoAnything artificially sweetened would be a good start, I suppose. I'm not in the "omg drugs, we can't have those!"-camp, but viewing sugar similar to caffeine makes sense to me. It seems to be addictive, it will change your state and mood, and high-dose and long-term use is bad for you.
- dahfizz 6y agoSugar is not a drug.
- genghisjahn 6y agoIt’d be pretty sweet if it was on the list.
- pfortuny 6y agoWhich sugar?
- kalium-xyz 6y agoIt should be but its not a comprehensive list and in the minds of people crystalline sugar is not something esoteric. Interesting to think about the other modern white powder and how it must affect us.