Illinois sweetened beverage tax goes into effect July 1st 2017-moved to the 12th now

[Ganoncrotch]

SuperNova said:

 

This tax doesn't attack anyone. It's probably in effect to steer people away from obesity and unhealthy life choices by incentevising, natural non-articficially sweetend juices and tees as well as water over sodas and all that crap that rots your teeth away and gives you a heart attack by 50.

It sucks that your store is right on the border and that you might loose buisness because it isn't a nationwide law, but it isn't neccissarily a bad law.

Ganoncrotch said:

What if you're a diabetic who needs sugar at times, this fucking tax really makes life hell for people like myself, they halved the amount of sugar which is lucozade means that I now have to use other methods of getting sugar back up when I'm in need including now bringing around 2 bottles instead of one because idiots don't understand that taking sugar away from drinks isn't going to stop people making bad choices and drinking more if you want it.

One of my friends in primary school had that problem, he would go cataconic if he needed sugar. Bananas and grapes as well as other fruit with high sugar percentages work well. You could also just always carry a Dextro-Energy packet, to be sure. You're not neccissarly dependent on sodas or candy bars to help yourself with that.

I've been diabetic for the majority of my life ;.; although I do appreciate the info I also... know this very well and always have a pack of dextrose pills with me as well, slightly more difficult to eat 47g of dried sugar though in a pinch than a drink of lucozade.

Also a diabetic should never ever eat a candy bar to treat hypoglycemia, those are laced with fats which actually slow down the sugar being absorbed as well as being very unhealthy a way to treat the condition since you are basically taking what you need (sugar) along with a load of fat for no reason, would be like having cough medicine with oil poured in it for a cough :o