Cyclone Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The herbal stimulant khat is to be banned by the government, against the advice of its own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23163017 If you disagree with the government ignoring the advice of the committee of experts they commissioned, then sign this petition. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/52323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Chaos Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 No thanks •It can cause insomnia and can make pre-existing mental health problems worse and can cause paranoid and psychotic reactions (losing touch with reality). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 No thanks •It can cause insomnia and can make pre-existing mental health problems worse and can cause paranoid and psychotic reactions (losing touch with reality). plenty of "legal" medication drugs can, alcohol can point is the experts say its not that bad, but the government decide to ignore em, just like the nu labore ones did previously whats the point of paying experts then ignoring em when they come to the conclusion you dont like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I hadn't heard about this drug so I googled Frank and he doesn't know much. Finally this - .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat No I won't be signing the petition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 In longterm use, it sounds worse than either fags for health or weed for sending you a bit psychotic, according to this. http://www.frontiersin.org/cognition/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00219/full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Chaos Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 plenty of "legal" medication drugs can, alcohol can point is the experts say its not that bad, but the government decide to ignore em, just like the nu labore ones did previously whats the point of paying experts then ignoring em when they come to the conclusion you dont like? Simples, alcohol is taxed,khat won't be.They don't want us to have a good time for free. People in power don't like to hear negatives,because it means a problem.Positive all the way,even if it means ignoring,in this situation the drugs committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I wish they'd ban banning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The government's intention to ban Khat is utterly baffling. It's not like it has become popular outside of the people who historically took it in the places they came from, mostly Yemenis and Somalians. It's not been a problem and generates tax income as a legal business. I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The government's intention to ban Khat is utterly baffling. It's not like it has become popular outside of the people who historically took it in the places they came from, mostly Yemenis and Somalians. It's not been a problem and generates tax income as a legal business. I don't get it. Walk around some parts of London and you can see the problem.....the stuff is spat on pavements, up walls. The substance may not be harmful, people spitting it everywhere certainly could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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