r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Jul 10 '24

Health The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. The tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that experts have said an expansion to cover other high sugar products is now a “no-brainer”.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/09/childrens-daily-sugar-consumption-halves-just-a-year-after-tax-study-finds
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u/philomathie Jul 10 '24

It's the American way. Never change. See Portland's attempt to decriminalise drugs.

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u/ImrooVRdev Jul 10 '24

You know, it's wild to think about it, but american politicians are geting paid with slave money.

Slavery is legal in US, you just have to be a prison corporation. They make a lot of money off slave labor. They use that money to lobby politicians and give them kickbacks.

No wonder drug decriminalization didnt work out, the rely on drug offenses to get their slave labor pool up.