Sugar and alcohol is a mixture that has always been popular. A lot of traditional methods for making wine, mead, and beer favored residual sugar. For example, harvesting grapes as late as possible or leaving them to dry in the sun so the sugar was concentrated was a common winemaking technique in ancient times.
> energy drinks
A cup of strong coffee contains much more caffeine than most "energy drinks", and a lot of people add sugar to their coffee. Caffeine+sugar+EtOH isn't a new thing either - before Jagerbombs and "alco-pops", drinking "Irish coffee" and similar coffee+liquor recipes were common.
> I would prefer to see alco-pops and Redbull as a mixer banned from licensed premises.
Yet coffee is ok?
Banning something because of personal dislike is one of the larger problems of modern society. The law should not be used to enforce opinion.
> one of the only drugs that will clear your system
Unless you are a habitual (i.e. ~daily) user, most drugs will clear your system by monday if you used them at a friday evening party. The major exception is THC, which lingers for weeks because it is lipid soluble. Most drugs are water soluble and are eliminated very quickly.
This does depends on a lot of factors. A big one is the testing method. Chemical indicator tests are terribly inaccurate, while a full (and expensive) GC-MS can probably detect almost everything (including methamphetamine after a few days).
Sugar and alcohol is a mixture that has always been popular. A lot of traditional methods for making wine, mead, and beer favored residual sugar. For example, harvesting grapes as late as possible or leaving them to dry in the sun so the sugar was concentrated was a common winemaking technique in ancient times.
> energy drinks
A cup of strong coffee contains much more caffeine than most "energy drinks", and a lot of people add sugar to their coffee. Caffeine+sugar+EtOH isn't a new thing either - before Jagerbombs and "alco-pops", drinking "Irish coffee" and similar coffee+liquor recipes were common.
> I would prefer to see alco-pops and Redbull as a mixer banned from licensed premises.
Yet coffee is ok?
Banning something because of personal dislike is one of the larger problems of modern society. The law should not be used to enforce opinion.
> one of the only drugs that will clear your system
Unless you are a habitual (i.e. ~daily) user, most drugs will clear your system by monday if you used them at a friday evening party. The major exception is THC, which lingers for weeks because it is lipid soluble. Most drugs are water soluble and are eliminated very quickly.
This does depends on a lot of factors. A big one is the testing method. Chemical indicator tests are terribly inaccurate, while a full (and expensive) GC-MS can probably detect almost everything (including methamphetamine after a few days).