Although I am a conservative, it seems the only political party in this country with any common sense on the issues of drugs, guns, jails, military, foreign aid, etc. is the Libertarian Party. I am tired of this hypocritical government, both Democrat and Republican, who fucking base their decisions SOLELY ON WHO IS GIVING THEM THE MOST MONEY. Cigarettes kill thousands upons thousands each year, but as long as the tobacco industry/lobby funnels campaign donations to politicians, no one will think of banning them. Also, what about thousand upons thousands of people who die each year from drunk driving accidents alone, along with all the deaths related to alcholol (kidney, liver damage, obesity, etc). But the companies producing ephedra based products give very little, if no, campaign donations, so because a few moronic people a year die from overdosing on Ephedra, now Ephedra must be banned. But hundreds of thousands of people can continually die from the effects of more dangerous substances like cigarettes and alcohol. Fuck the government. Also, while I am at it, if the politicians wanted more dangerous ingestible substances to ban that are MORE OF A HEALTH RISK TO A PERSON THAN EPHEDRA, here' s a list:
1. Cigarettes (from the nicotine that is purposely put into them to make people addicted to them, to the carcinogens that cause lung/throat cancer, etc. cigarettes are one of the most lethal poisons ever created)
2. Alcohol (the effects of alchol on the body are almost as bad as the effects of cigarettes on the body, but what puts them into the same category as cigarettes is also that thousands of people die in alchohol related driving accidents every year)
3. Sugar (this crap, which is put in purposely high amounts in candy, cakes and even McDonald's French fries and their hamburger buns, is extremely addictive. It causes obesity by way of a one-two punch: First, it makes people addicted to foods that are extremely high in fat, calories and CARBS! Even the low fat snacks have shitloads of carbs and SUGAR that replace the fat. Secondly, the high level of sugars in these shitty foods, taken over a long period of time, causes DIABETES. Diabetes can lead to diminished blood circulation, poor eyesight, etc.
------To me, Mr. TWINKIE is just as dangerous as JOE CAMEL----