The latest political hoopla - Zyn. The right is in love with it.

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   tsmogposted 16 months ago

   What is ZYN?
   
   ZYN Nicotine Pouches are a fresh way to enjoy nicotine. They're smoke-free, spit-free and hands-free. ZYN comes in a variety of flavors and strengths, can be used anywhere and requires no refills or batteries to provide the ultimate in nicotine satisfaction. ZYN is intended for adult (21+) use only. One purpose is as smoke cessation method.
   
   "The nicotine-flavored pouches had become something of a favorite among rightwing influencers and pundits, and backers including Tucker Carlson and others have variously claimed that Zyn can increase testosterone and turn a user into an “unstoppable force”.
   
   "“​It’s a pouch packed with problems – high levels of nicotine. So today, I’m delivering a warning to parents, because these nicotine pouches seem to lock their sights on young kids – teenagers, and even lower – and then use the social media to hook ‘em,” Schumer said."
   
   "“This calls for a Zynsurrection!” Marjorie Taylor Greene, the reactionary far-right Republican who has previously dabbled in causes including Jewish space lasers, claimed on X. Richard Hudson, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, posted a picture of himself in camouflage holding a Zyn packet with the text: “Come and take it!”
   
   Others made a mental leap between the effort to regulate Zyn and the situation at the border, as support for Zyn became a sort of litmus test for demonstrating one’s conservatism."
   
   What say you? Any thoughts?
   
   Next is a Google landing page for the political hoopla both right and left media sources.
   https://www.google.com/search?client=fi … right#ip=1

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      wildernessposted 16 months agoin reply to this

      Can't say as I think we need more methods to deliver harmful drugs into our bodies, let alone more drugs.  It would be nice if the experience in Oregon taught us something, where they decided to hand out paraphernalia and provide "safe" places to pickle your brain...whereupon the death by overdose skyrocketed. 
      
      But we won't - there seems to be something about destroying brain function that appeals to a certain crowd.  If that idiot group deems others to be "conservative" in an effort to demonize opposition then so be it, however foolish it might be.

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         tsmogposted 16 months agoin reply to this

         Some good points, Wilderness. No matter the delivery method nicotine is going to hook the user. Capitalism at its finest?

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