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I'm genuinely surprised Sugar is not even in the list.

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The headline (and chart) is misleading. The article is about intoxicants.

Also, sugar isn't generally considered a drug.

Is tobacco considered an intoxicant then?

It should be but its not a comprehensive list and in the minds of people crystalline sugar is not something esoteric. Interesting to think about the other modern white powder and how it must affect us.

Sugar is not a drug.

You eat sugar in some form everyday so it’d be pretty hard and pointless to try and ban it. And potentially more harmful too. Used wisely, just like drugs, sugar can be good for you- that’s why our bodies like it.

> You eat sugar in some form everyday so it’d be pretty hard and pointless to try and ban it.

Fruit juice regularly contains a small amount of alcohol, yet I'm sure nobody counts it as a drug. Shouldn't we consider sugar similarly? An apple? Not a drug. A candy bar or a soda? Well, it does give you energy and a good feeling...

Apple juice has as much sugar as soda. Also, what about breakfast cereal? Canned pasta marketed to kids? Etc. All have lots of sugar. Where do you draw the line?

Anything artificially sweetened would be a good start, I suppose. I'm not in the "omg drugs, we can't have those!"-camp, but viewing sugar similar to caffeine makes sense to me. It seems to be addictive, it will change your state and mood, and high-dose and long-term use is bad for you.

Not a drug. But of course very harmful.

It’d be pretty sweet if it was on the list.

Which sugar?

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