Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:02:17 AM
The entire exercise is absurd. As I wrote before, neither alcohol
nor caffeine are dangerous to people when consumed in moderation. Both
are potentially dangerous when consumed excessively, especially alcohol,
which can kill people through acute overdosing. The combination of the
two do not produce any dangerous byproducts. Yet the FDA has banned
the combination as a manufactured beverage, even though people mix the
two on their own without incident in many other ways, while “allowing”
manufacture and consumption of both separately.
This isn’t about keeping harmful products out the marketplace. It’s
about substituting government mandates for individual choice, and having
Chuck Schumer and his merry band of elites in Washington act as den
mothers for adults.