Isn't it odd that marijuana is illegal but soda's such as Pepsi and Coke are alarmingly more dangerous?

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I'll be adding plenty of details.

High-fructose corn syrup- Second ingredient in most soda's.... Look it up.

Phosphoric acid- Phosphoric acid, used in many soft drinks (primarily cola), has been linked to lower bone density in epidemiological studies. For example a study[2] using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry rather than a questionnaire about breakage, provides reasonable evidence to support the theory that drinking cola results in lower bone density. This study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. A total of 1672 women and 1148 men were studied between 1996 and 2001. Dietary information was collected using a food frequency questionnaire that had specific questions about the number of servings of cola and other carbonated beverages and that also made a differentiation between regular, caffeine-free, and diet drinks. The paper finds statistically significant evidence to show that women who consume cola daily have lower bone density. Total phosphorus intake was not significantly higher in daily cola consumers than in nonconsumers; however, the calcium-to-phosphorus

ratios were lower. The study also suggests that further research is needed to confirm the findings.

Isn't it great that they put rust remover in or common drinks, but than call pot smokers bad?
HA!

Sodium benzoate

Main article: benzene in soft drinks
In combination with ascorbic acid (vitamin C, E300), sodium benzoate and potassium benzoate "may" form benzene[6], a known carcinogen. Heat, light and shelf life can affect the rate at which benzene is formed.

Professor Peter Piper of the University of Sheffield claims that sodium benzoate by itself can damage and inactivate vital parts of DNA in a cell's mitochondria. "The mitochondria consumes the oxygen to give you energy and if you damage it - as happens in a number of diseased states - then the cell starts to malfunction very seriously. And there is a whole array of diseases that are now being tied to damage to this DNA - Parkinson's and quite a lot of neuro-degenerative diseases, but above all the whole process of aging."[

Gum Arabic-

Nearly 80% of gum arabic is produced in Sudan[1], and the production of gum arabic is heavily controlled by the Sudanese government.

Oddly, the connection between Sudan and Osama bin Laden brought the otherwise innocuous gum to public consciousness in 2001, as an urban legend arose that bin Laden owned a significant fraction of the gum arabic production in Sudan, and that therefore one should boycott products using it.[3] As a result, some food producers, for instance Snapple, renamed the ingredient to "gum acacia" on their labels.

This story took on somewhat significant proportions, mostly thanks to an article in The Daily Telegraph a few days after the September 11 attacks, which echoed this claim. Eventually the State Department issued a release stating that while Osama bin Laden had once had considerable holdings in Sudanese gum arabic production, he divested himself of these when he was expelled from Sudan in 1996.

In a press conference held at the Washington Press Club on 30 May 2007, John Ukec Lueth Ukec, Sudan's ambassador to the United States, threatened to stop exportation of gum arabic from his country if sanctions were imposed. The sanctions proposed by the United States were a political response from the United States to the alleged connection between the government of Sudan and the Janjaweed militia group. Ukec made his speech surrounded by Coca-Cola products, although other sodas use gum arabic as an emulsifier as well.[4]

John Ukec Lueth Ukec was quoted at the Washington press conference, "I want you to know that the gum arabic which runs all the soft drinks all over the world, including the United States, mainly 80 percent is imported from my country," which he said after raising a bottle of Coca-Cola. According to the Washington Post, a reporter then asked if Sudan was threatening to "stop the export of gum arabic and bring down the Western world.

Brominated vegetable oil-
Long after human consumption of BVO, traces remain in the body fat.[citation needed] Bromine is a halogen and displaces iodine, which may depress thyroid function. Evidence for this has been extrapolated from pre-1975 cases where bromine-containing sedatives resulted in emergency room visits[1] and incorrect diagnoses of psychosis and brain damage due to side effects such as depression, memory loss, hallucinations, violent tendencies, seizures, cerebral atrophy, acute irritability, tremors, ataxia, confusion, loss of peripheral vision, slurred speech, stupor, tendon reflex changes, photophobia due to enlarged pupils, and extensor plantar responses.[2] In one case, a man who drank eight liters of Ruby Red Squirt daily had a reaction that caused his skin color to turn red and produced lesions diagnosed as bromoderma. The excessive quantities together with the fact that the man had a higher than normal sensitivity to bromine, made this an unusual case.[3]

Yes I am K!
Soda is very common, but we still don't know what long term effects present day soda's will do on us, and our youth.

Wrong Maria.

Caffeine is a common stimulant in soda. Caffeine can cause paranoia.

GrumpyOldMan.

Everything impairs our ability to drive... Stereos, cell phones, eating, drinking, laughing, anger, children, advertisements... THe list goes on. HUMANS WERE NOT MEANT TO MOVE AT HIGH RATE SPEEDS!

Answer 1

But soda doesn't make you want to kill your parents. //sarcasm//

Answer 2

Interesting. Another to add is milk. Milk is high in calcium, but even higher in protein. This is bad because protein takes calcium out of the bones. When an individual drinks milk, its doing nothing more than weakening bones.

Why would milk be promoted if it does this? Money.

It actually isn't that shocking if you look at how decayed society has become. Its kind of sad that people are raised and taught at birth to eat and drink things that supposedly are good for them when in actuality it does more harm than good and ultimately will kill them. They basically live in a matrix.

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You didn't mention aspartame. This really is a toxic chemical. Put Donald Rumsfeld(yes, that Donald Rumsfeld) and Aspartame into a search engine it'll shock your socks off!

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/05/07/aspartame_gate_when_donald_rumsfeld_was_ceo_of_searle.htm

Part of it says
"I would like to call your attention to when Donald Rumsfeld was CEO of Searle, manufacturers of aspartame. For 16 years the FDA refused to approve it, not only because its not safe but because they wanted the company indicted for fraud. Both U.S. Prosecutors hired on with the defense team and the statute of limitations expired. They were Sam Skinner and William Conlon. Skinner went on to become Secretary of Transportation squelching the cries of the pilots who were by now having seizures on this seizure triggering drug, aspartame, and then Chief of Staff under President Bush's father. Some of these people reach high places. Even Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas is a former Monsanto attorney. (Monsanto bought Searle in l985, and sold it a few years ago). When Ashcroft became Attorney General, Thompson from King and Spalding Attorneys (another former Monsanto attorney) became deputy under Ashcroft. (Attorneys for NutraSweet and Coke)."

Answer 4

What is rediculous is the Cigerretes are legal and Marijuana isn't, atleast have a ban of all the things 'Drugs'. Cigerrete's kill you, plain and simple. Weed makes you hungry and makes you ramble about stupid stuff like world peace. But Cigerrete's are legal, huge double standard. And possibly the stupidest thing i've seen when it comes to substance laws.

Answer 5

Let me guess, did you smoke marijuana or drink some soda before you asked that question?

Answer 6

You should spend more time looking up the garbage that is in pot nowadays. Pepsi isn't illegal and won'rt make you paranoid.

Answer 7

Well, I don't think drinking coke has ever impaired my driving or thinking skills.

Answer 8

Look what booze has done in our society...its legal, and I see hard stuff even returning to TV ads.......an old saw but still very true....all depends on whose ox is being gored. $$$$$$$$$

Answer 9

You have been smoking too many of those funny cigarettes.

Answer 10

seriously? are you actually comparing weed and soda? im speechless, thats hilarious