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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As an adult, I can smoke, drink, eat all sorts of shit, but I cannot have a sugary drink unless it's coke because shops stopped selling them. The law was intended to discourage, not prohibit. I actually drink more coke too now as it's only soft drink I can buy that doesn't taste like chemicals.

For reference, kids in schools can drink shit filled with artificial sweeteners. They can get chocolate with their lunch and trust me, they treat themselves to chocolate and a Prime on their way home.

This law didn't protect health, just move folk to substitutes that aren't necessary better for them. States shouldn't be preventing consenting adults making decisions with their own health.

Hell, the food is still largely unregulated with ridiculous levels of sodium which is ridiculous for heart disease.