Kava in the UK, Elizabeth II and her fond memories of kava

[TheKavaSociety]

Apparently people were drinking kava and having fun at some recent event in the UK. The Queen was also there and was particularly interested in kava.
"She was interested in a really big kava bowl and we actually spoke about the fact that she drank kava (a traditional Fijian drink) during a visit to Fiji."
http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/fijian-art-music-and-kava-for-the-queen/

The Queen drinking kava like a pro:

 

[Edward]

She looks a bit younger there. I wonder what she would think if she knew it was banned in the UK because of some slim "research"?

 

[Deleted User01]

She's a gamer that one. Stiff upper lip and GULP, GULP, GULP. She may need a little Kava soon. She is very concerned about rioting and the like when the emperor from the U.S.A. pays her a visit. Finally the news is entertaining.

 

[Kavafied]

Apparently people were drinking kava and having fun at some recent event in the UK. The Queen was also there and was particularly interested in kava.
"She was interested in a really big kava bowl and we actually spoke about the fact that she drank kava (a traditional Fijian drink) during a visit to Fiji."
http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/fijian-art-music-and-kava-for-the-queen/

The Queen drinking kava like a pro:

Queen Salote would be heart broken if she knew that the UK would one day put regulations on Kava

 

[kasa_balavu]

Queen Salote would be heart broken if she knew that the UK would one day put regulations on Kava

Some should point out to them that their kava ban had it's origins in flawed EU actions and a UK strong enough to BREXIT is a UK strong enough to make up its own mind about kava after a thorough review of current scientific literature.

 

[TheKavaSociety]

Some should point out to them that their kava ban had it's origins in flawed EU actions and a UK strong enough to BREXIT is a UK strong enough to make up its own mind about kava after a thorough review of current scientific literature.

I think the British ban has had way more to do with the country's illiberal and paternalistic state machinery than with the EU.
How else can one explain the specific flavours of the British war on drugs and their most recent victims. E.g. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/khat-uk-illegal-legal-somalia-terrorism-drugs

My favourite quote:

" This is what community workers at the Somali Community Centre are worried about: men getting high with their mates instead of looking after their families. No doubt, it’s awful, hurtful and damaging for the ignored families, but khat hardly invented feckless men and, as far as I know, feckless men are not something the government has ever felt the need to legislate against. I’m yet to see police squads raiding pubs and five-a-side games, bundling errant fathers into vans and dropping them off at home with a bouquet of flowers and a resolve to do the cooking at least twice a week. For government representatives to try to tackle this goes beyond nannying, it seems more like persecution. I mean isn’t the beauty of Britain that all people, of all races have an equal opportunity to totally piss their lives away?"

 

[kasa_balavu]

I think the British ban has had way more to do with the country's illiberal and paternalistic state machinery than with the EU.
How else can one explain the specific flavours of the British war on drugs and their most recent victims. E.g. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/khat-uk-illegal-legal-somalia-terrorism-drugs

My favourite quote:

" This is what community workers at the Somali Community Centre are worried about: men getting high with their mates instead of looking after their families. No doubt, it’s awful, hurtful and damaging for the ignored families, but khat hardly invented feckless men and, as far as I know, feckless men are not something the government has ever felt the need to legislate against. I’m yet to see police squads raiding pubs and five-a-side games, bundling errant fathers into vans and dropping them off at home with a bouquet of flowers and a resolve to do the cooking at least twice a week. For government representatives to try to tackle this goes beyond nannying, it seems more like persecution. I mean isn’t the beauty of Britain that all people, of all races have an equal opportunity to totally piss their lives away?"

That's the stuff the somali pirates were chewing in the 2013 movie Captain Phillips, wasn't it? Having never heard of it before that movie, I got the impression it was similar to coffee in effects.
Ridiculous that they've banned it.

 

[Atticus]

"Long live (the happy) Queen."