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Mårten Nilsson
 
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Default Plant extracts (teas) mimicking cannabis. Are they legal?


"Scott Dorsey" > skrev i meddelandet
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> Mårten Nilsson > wrote:
>>"Scott Dorsey" > skrev i meddelandet
>>> Mårten Nilsson > wrote:
>>>>"Scott Dorsey" > skrev i meddelandet
>>>>>
>>>>> This seems to make xanthines like caffeine illegal, since there is one
>>>>> xanthine on Schedule II.
>>>>
>>>>How does that illegalise banana peels?
>>>
>>> Back in the sixties, there was a rumor going around about how bananas
>>> contain "banadine" which will get you high. I think _Steal This Book_
>>> has some details on how to dry and smoke banana peels.

>>
>>That rumour is still around, but since the banana peel isn't actually a
>>drug
>>nor similar to a drug I can't see how it would be illegalised by the
>>analog
>>drug act.

>
> Because if you look at the wording of the law, you can claim that
> _anything_
> is structurally similar to _some_ drug.
> --scott


So pretty much everything is illegal?

/Mårten