The DEA wants to ban catnip

[Guest guest]

The DEA wants to ban catnip.

I checked and can find no reference to this at Snopes so believe it to

be accurate.

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War on Drugs expands to catnip

Progress Report

Fred Foldvary

" Drug warriors scored a virtual victory after the 2006 U.S. elections

when they hurriedly extended the War on Drugs to a psychoactive

substance previously exempt: nepetalactone, the main psychoactive

ingredient in catnip. It is well known that the sniffing of catnip

makes some cats 'turn on.' Their eyes open wide, they roll over on the

floor, they hug and bite the catnip toy and kick it with the feet, and

they friskily run to and fro, similar to human beings who go crazy

ingesting psychoactive drugs.While catnip does not have the same

effect on human beings, the advocates of banning catnip have pointed

out that children who give their cats catnip and then see the cat

being 'happy' might get dangerous ideas about getting high. They

think, if the cat can feel good, why not them too? Indeed, the first

step to marijuana addiction may well be catnip! According to the drug

warriors, catnip has been a major gateway to the human abuse of drugs,

and yet there has been no prohibition. "

http://www.progress.org/2006/fold483.htm

[Guest guest]

Nah, the first step to drug use is store bought milk.

How will I get company to leave on time if I don't dose the salad with

catnip to make them sleepy?

Belinda

>

> The DEA wants to ban catnip.

>

> I checked and can find no reference to this at Snopes so believe it to

> be accurate.

> ______________________________________

>

> War on Drugs expands to catnip

> Progress Report

> Fred Foldvary

>

> " Drug warriors scored a virtual victory after the 2006 U.S. elections

> when they hurriedly extended the War on Drugs to a psychoactive

> substance previously exempt: nepetalactone, the main psychoactive

> ingredient in catnip. It is well known that the sniffing of catnip

> makes some cats 'turn on.' Their eyes open wide, they roll over on the

> floor, they hug and bite the catnip toy and kick it with the feet, and

> they friskily run to and fro, similar to human beings who go crazy

> ingesting psychoactive drugs.While catnip does not have the same

> effect on human beings, the advocates of banning catnip have pointed

> out that children who give their cats catnip and then see the cat

> being 'happy' might get dangerous ideas about getting high. They

> think, if the cat can feel good, why not them too? Indeed, the first

> step to marijuana addiction may well be catnip! According to the drug

> warriors, catnip has been a major gateway to the human abuse of drugs,

> and yet there has been no prohibition. "

>

> http://www.progress.org/2006/fold483.htm

>