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TheDwZ@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 hours ago

Why have energy drinks been banned for under-16s in England? The real question is why it wasn’t done sooner

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Why have energy drinks been banned for under-16s in England? The real question is why it wasn’t done sooner

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TheDwZ@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 hours ago
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Why have energy drinks been banned for under-16s in England? The real question is why it wasn’t done sooner | Devi Sridhar
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Expecting parents to police kids’ intake of a psychoactive drug is unrealistic and unfair given the power of social media, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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    Expecting parents to police kids’ intake of a psychoactive drug is unrealistic

    Caffeine is a psychoactive drug that activates the central nervous system.

    I have to say that having someone over for water and crumpets just doesn’t have quite the same ring as tea and crumpets.

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    sigh

    This country sucks.

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      https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2023/06/01/Scotland-scraps-plans-to-ban-energy-drink-sales-to-children-and-young-people/

      Scotland will not pursue a ban on sales of energy drinks to children and young people, saying there is not enough evidence the policy would be successful.

      I suppose that it’s always possible to journey to the exciting, anything-goes frontier land of Scotland.

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        Yeah, but with Farage as PM I do wonder how much longer the current devolution arrangement will even last for.

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