Paula Rosenblum

Should 'Addictive' Sugar Be Treated Like Alcohol and Tobacco?

February 2, 2012

FROM RETAILWIRE:
A commentary in the journal Nature, posits that sugar is addictive, can be tied to a wide range of health issues facing individuals across the globe, and needs to be regulated in a similar fashion to alcohol and tobacco to limit its consumption. Do you think sugar is addictive?      [more...]

This is beyond absurd. We call ourselves "The land of the free" yet we've decided to regulate more and more of the behaviors of our citizens. The pattern is always the same:

- recognize that something is "bad for you"
- create a charity that has money to spend
- create a marketing campaign
- pound the airwaves
- create a PAC
- back legislation
- rinse and repeat

What bugs me the most is that "scientists" decide what should be legislated. The same type of people that want to dismantle the EPA likely want to see warning labels on sugar.

Why don't we declare war on making war? It probably costs more lives and DEFINITELY costs more money.

Enough already. We have bigger fish to fry.