May’s Finger prints...
Hmm!! That wouldn’t Theresa May when Home Secretary responsible for:
The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.
Another fine mess she got us into, just like the Brexit coughs, deal do I see a trend here??
That the then Home Office minister Mike Penning felt the need to write a letter to the representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England to try to reassure them that incense would not fall under the jurisdiction of the bill and that churches would not face prosecution for use of incense.
That banned “psychoactive substance" anything which "by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system ... affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state". The law bans all such substances but exempts alcohol, tobacco or nicotine-based products, caffeine, food and drink so leaving us some pleasures most importantly food and drink!!!
The law that has been criticised as an infringement on civil liberties. That Barrister Matthew Scott described the act as an attempt to "ban pleasure", saying it could drastically overreach by banning areca nuts, additives used in vapourisers and electronic cigarettes, hop pillows, and the sale of toads and salamanders that naturally produce psychoactive substances.
Scott went further and suggested it may also ban flowers and perfumes as the scents can produce an emotional response. He described it as "bad legislation", compared its drafting with the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, and described it as incompatible with a conservative philosophy of only banning something when there is clear evidence of harm.
Like leaving the EU Dh0ooo!!!
Off for a legally safe beer now to anaesthetise my brain, say it will be all over when it wears off...
Cheers!!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
