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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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Submitted ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨TheDwZ@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/10/england-ban-energy-drinks-caffeine-children-parents-social-media

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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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  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    sigh

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      beveragedaily.com/…/Scotland-scraps-plans-to-ban-…

      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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      • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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