Should the government ban the sale of candy at drugstores since obesity and diabetes is such a problem in the US?

Sure - these diseases can be found in skinny people - just as lung cancer can be found in non-smokers. The ratio of obese people with any number of these health problems is high, and the onset earlier, whereas in skinny people the ratio is lower and the onset later. I hear all about it from my cousin who is a doctor specializing in chronic obesity. Yes - obesity causes these ailments since it is virtually impossible to have a healthy obese person.

Only thing is, not all people gorge on candy. Usually obese people have issues eating ALL foods, not just skittles.

No argument - though I doubt they're gorging themselves on leafy greens and whole grains. I just took issue with the statement that smoking is the root of all evil but somehow overeating is ok.

Yea. Both are bad for you, I just think smoking is less tolerable because it affects people around you as well. People should take a step back and look at their habbits and consider all of the negative effects it has on themselves, their family and people around them. If they still dont care, then its not just a flaw in decision making, its a flaw in character.

:) Well I'm not about to become a monk - but I exercise to compensate for my flaws.

I could never be "monkish". lol Looks to me, you dont have any flaws. so there!

lol - I suspect like everbody else I have plenty - but then they make us human.

I love my flaws! especially the physical ones, that way I could always get parts in sci-fi movies.

:) Is that cat face your head?

Yea, finding hats that fit is impossible......

You are right, where does it end?

I am sorry, but if people cannot have self control and choose to buy the things that continue to decrease their health and quality of life, then that is something they must live with.

OF COURSE, people are going to argue that health care costs are rising because of all of this and it is picking away at the pockets of all of us, I call BS~ I totally disagree with all of that line of thinking and well, the day they do not let me get a hershey's bar at Walgreens is the day I stop having to go to a drug store for any reason....pretty unrealistic huh? just about as unrealistic as the banning of candy at ANY store....

Maybe the government should ban living because it has countless number of health risks and leads to eventual death.

we should have a choice weather we buy candy or not, I think that the government should just back off!!

Everyone should take personal responsibility instead of wanting the government to do it for them.

well its kinda at a cross road, its one thing if the candy is just that candy sugar chocolate etc, etc.... its another thing if there are chemicals or corn syrups which is known to be horrible for the body, but because its cheaper we opt for it....

lol...Instead of producing I.D. the clerk should just look at a person and ban the sale of candy! There is enough stuff on the black market we sure don't need to put candy there. There should be more education on the dangers of too much sugar.

They are trying to make it so they control everything we freaking do! The stores didn't force you to buy the candy. It was the person's choice to buy the candy.

Besides if they can't get it there, they will just go elsewhere for it....

Exactly! There isn't a drug store in this city that isn't within a couple of blocks of a 7-11, a liquor store, or some other store that sells them. It seems odd to me that the stores in question would sit still for this and be willing to lose the residual revenue of people coming in and purchasing other items. I stopped smoking about a year ago and I still think this is stupid.

You bet! They will be heading for a hold up of Hershey Chocolate Factory

:-) I might be up for that now!

Government needs to be revamped back to the time when people cared about the Constitution. Big Government sucks and the Liberals dont realize what they are creating. A freaking monster!!!!! Dont worry Libs, Republicans are getting just as bad.

Oh trust me. NO liberals want the government in our kitchens. NONE.

Good deal, lets start kicking these P.O.S.s out of our kitchen!!

It's not the role of government to be parents. We've already given them too much control over our bodies. But, everyday you hear of another group begging the government to make more laws that will "protect" us. We need to knock that crap out!!! My mother was killed by a drunk driver. Terrible thing. But I hate Mothers Against Drunk Drivers going to Washington and lobbying for more government control. (That's just one small example.) Nearly every level of our lives is impacted by some government regulation. I'm fed up with it and wish they'd leave me the hell alone to live as I see fit. But, the government didn't just dream these things up. It was special interest groups who set most of this in motion and it won't stop until Americans decide they don't want the government for their mama and papa.

Its our choice to either eat candy or smoke cigarettes. In the case of smoking I think that most places such as restuarants, bars or any public place, smoking should be banned. Second hand smoke is equally as dangerous as actual smoking. But candy, well you must consume it to get fat. If you ban candy sales then buying sugar will also need to be banned.

hey they have banned marijuana for less of a reason.

Too true, too true. (shaking head-drying tears)

Amen and amen.....................

People need to be responsible for themselves.

They should ban everything that might hurt us, including all sharp objects, paper products that can cut us, plastic bags, buckets, toothpicks, toothbrushes, anything that has to do with oral hygiene, any flammable liquids, pick axes, cars, tape, stoves, speaker wire, tvs, cds.....and anything that might make us fat....did I miss a few things, oh yeah how about our Liberty because we don't need that as long as the government is protecting us from ourselves, right?

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Tape? LMAO!!!! How would you survive?

What about caffeine and nicotine?

those are good for us!!!

This is how socialism starts. They do something that sounds like a good thing, and the next thing you know, you're standing in bread lines, so the government can regulate your carbohydrate intake.

Actually sounds like FASCISM, not socialism. Paternalistic governmental controls over human behavior is a conservative drive. The Liberal drive is for more personal freedom.

Communism, Fascism, Socialism - either way NONE of it belongs in our society.

That's odd, hypoglycemia and over an ideal weight. Some sugary snacks can be good for you in moderation. Diabetes and obesity are part choice related to the level of diet and exercise, and part genetics. You can't overcome the genetic tendencies, but you can control the what happens or when.

Hypoglycemia runs in my family and eventually turns to diabetes later in life. As long as I pay attention to sugar and carb intake, I have no problems. Am I right in assuming the first sentence was sarcasm? With my being 6'2", 10lbs is negligible (and this is coming from someone who has gone through obsessive body image problems).

Yes, I had just never heard of that combination being mixed.