Friday, October 29, 2010

Four Loko, Marijuana, and Soda.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013261661_cwustudents27m.html

Four Loko is an extremely popular alcoholic drink that also constitutes as an energy drink. It has 12% alcohol and has been referred to as a "blackout in a can." The FDA is working hard in order to decide whether the drink is unsafe.
I personally believe that Four Loko should be taken off the shelves. The caffeine and sugar masks the alcohol so that the consumer drinks more and isn't aware of its effects.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28kristof.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general

People have been fighting for the legality of marijuana for decades. The cost to enforce the law on marijuana is more expensive than the money spent if it were legalized. Although a law's ineffectiveness is not enough reason to revoke a law, making marijuana illegal was a complete fail. People everywhere still use it.
Marijuana should be legalized nationwide.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29fat.html?bl

Last year, New York's Heal Department released a campaign about how drinking soda can make you ten pounds fatter every year. This ad was put together in the middle of the great debate over taxing sodas.
Taxing sodas is ridiculous. I hardly drink it, but I should have the freedom to drink whatever kind of unhealthy food I want. I know obesity is a huge problem in this country, but, even though it seems insensitive, it's their own fault. This issue can be compared to the court case where the two obese girls sued McDonald's for "making them fat." Obesity is an issue, and we do need to pay taxes, but there are other ways of fixing both of these problems.

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