Kronic banned

[Banditbandit]

There's no such thing as a "safe" product, including water.

Don't drink the water - fish fuck in it

[allycatz]

It was banned because it contained two ingredients that are currently only available as prescribed medication thus its illegal for it to be sold.

[Indiana_Jones]

I can't wait for the next media beat-up. I heard fanta's pretty serious...makes your tongue orange.

Agreed.

I don't have an point of view on the whole weed issue.

But as Jaz says, the media love a beat up. It's like they sit around a table on Monday morning and go "ok what can we beat up/get banned this week?", Teen drivers, school balls, Kronic, FFP, Labour, National etc

-Indy

[Parlane]

"ok what can we beat up/get banned this week?", Teen drivers, school balls, Kronic, FFP, Labour, National etc

Ban the government!

[SPman]

Hopefully now Peter Dunne will shut the fuck up and go back to whatever it is he is in parliament for.

I can't wait for the next media beat-up. I heard fanta's pretty serious...makes your tongue orange.

Peter Dunne - who previously called efforts to ban the sale of cigarettes to children "fascist" - moving to immediately ban Kronic and other "legal highs".......
personally I can't see why you need artificial highs (these days), so banned or not doesn't affect me.

It's just the blanket hypocrisy over the whole issue.....on all sides!

[kiwifruit]

Tag: On the wagon!

[Maha]

......in related news, the far North and eastern BOP have noticed an increase in non returning bridge jumping.

[mashman]

It was banned because it contained two ingredients that are currently only available as prescribed medication thus its illegal for it to be sold.

if it's prescription, where's the problem? They must have already undergone trials

[Hitcher]

I'd love to see some regulation on homeopathic and natural medicine.

Homoeopathy has nothing to do with "medicine". What's sold is distilled water and a lot of Namby Pamby(TM). Any benefit has nothing to do with a scientific remedy involving chemistry. It's about assuaging what goes on in people's heads which, at times, can have a negative affect on their health and wellbeing.

Another really annoying thing about the whole Kronic business are the distributors who claim that they know nothing about what's in the product they think is in their customers' best interests, nor do they care. They accept no responsibility nor liability for their goods, although they're happy to turn a dollar pedalling it. Bogan parasites. They probably pimp their daughters as well.

[scumdog]

Don't have a problem with this (even though prohibition never really works) however the hypocrisy is outstanding. Kronic banned "because we don't know the long term effects". Well we know the long term effects of alcohol but instead of following the Law Commissions recommendation of raising prices and reducing availability all we have is lip service from Government. The liquor industry tail wagging the dog again.

So your take on this is: "We have alcohol causing known long term problems and effects, ergo we should also allow Kronic too- even if we DON'T know what its long term effects are"?

Liquor got its foot in the door first with the Govt, deal with it...



(And no, I wouldn't give a shit if alcohol was 'banned'.)

[Usarka]

I laughed so hard I weed.

[scumdog]

Another really annoying thing about the whole Kronic business are the distributors who claim that they know nothing about what's in the product they think is in their customers' best interests, nor do they care. They accept no responsibility nor liability for their goods, although they're happy to turn a dollar pedalling it. Bogan parasites. They probably pimp their daughters as well.

And during the time Kronic and other similar shit is/was legal I didn't notice a consequantial drop in issues with illegal drugs, things were just as bad with regard to them.


(Mr Kronic alluded to more problems would now arrise with hard and illegal drugs if his product was banned, nice to see him so altruistic....Tuis moment eh.....)

[98tls]

I say thank fuck for that,twas having an affect on sales and with the growing season approaching was a little concerned.Can happily set about preparing.

[The Lone Rider]

Homoeopathy has nothing to do with "medicine". What's sold is distilled water and a lot of Namby Pamby(TM). Any benefit has nothing to do with a scientific remedy involving chemistry. It's about assuaging what goes on in people's heads which, at times, can have a negative affect on their health and wellbeing.

Tell that to the people who seek those alternatives. They believe otherwise.

I have concerns over the number of people who seek alternatives that aren't regulated, or even tested. Particularly when those alternatives are sought out instead of tried and true mainstream western medicine. Or any other form of medicine where they is a process of testing, and auditing methodology.

The truth is, the whole alternative medicine potion scene is fed anecdotal "knowledge" that is passed around by people who are no more in the know than anyone else. No one can cite hard facts about what their "medicines" really do and have in them. I fear more recently, websites such as Facebook enable these natural magic seekers, and gives them the opportunity to share more "knowledge" and band together as a community - as if to say "well we can't be wrong, look how many others believe the same?"

Sure, "natural" and not "man made" might seem like the way to go. It's somewhat instinctual and makes sense. But then so did the world being flat.

They are also fooling themselves - the processing to bottle all that stuff would have a large number of additives and chemicals just to get the pvc lid fast-tightened, with a solvent based glue for the label. And lubricants through the pipe works that fill the bottles. Who knows what really goes in them - they aren't regulated. Might as well piss in a bottle and rub some good old staphylococcus in as well, and sell it as a natural remedy for strep throat.

There is a general practice in Christchurch called Helios, and while their staff are qualified GPs they push that "natural" crap as the way to go. They stock an abundance of little vials they happily hand out (for a price of course). Their immunization information and handbooks are nearly 10 years out of date, and it appears they support such things as the little amber necklaces babies seem to be wearing now. Apparently it helps the immune system by improving their natural energy flow, and eases teething pain. If you read the small print, the packages note you shouldn't leave them on your kid unless you are in the room with them. I've had one pre-school teacher (I don't talk to them often) tell me those necklaces are now banned at the kindy due to kids chipping teeth on them. Or it might have been choking on one of the beads.

I really hate that hippy shit.

[allycatz]

if it's prescription, where's the problem? They must have already undergone trials

Because it has to be prescribed by a Dr. Prescribed medications can rweact with other meds and cause side effects/adverse health effects which a GP has your health records for. The ingredients were what made it so easy for it to be banned so quickly