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As a UK voter living in London, I would take them a lot more seriously if I could vote for them.

Yeah, I get that, it's just frustrating that I can't support the one party that best matches my values.

Good luck.

Say you were used to taking x miligrams of something, that was 50% pure. You know what it does. If you get something that 20% pure and you take the same amount it doesn't do much. However if you get something that is 90% / 100% pure and take the same as normal you will effectively be twice as high. This could be quite distressing.

I have heard that cocaine is particularly susceptible to this, as it's so incredibly impure by the time it hits the street, and is quite dangerous in large quantities.

My experience of this is through festival welfare, and you get a surprising number of people who have just been caught off guard with something stronger than normal. This is why if you take drugs, be sensible and when you get a new batch of something always take a small amount first and see what it does. Also talking to the people you buy it from (assuming you trust them).

Just to clarify, I don't use drugs, but I have had a fair bit of exposure to those who do.

self-respecting Brit with a taste for Earl Grey here.

edit: well maybe slightly self-respecting.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't female birth control heralded as one of the greatest discoveries for equality of women? As it allowed women to control their own sexuality and not worry about pregnancy.

I'm all for more forms of birth control I just found it odd that you'd prefer to leave it up to somebody else (which is obviously fine if you're in a long term relationship and trust your partner).

edit: More replies than expected :) I wasn't trying to criticize anything, as I said the more the merrier. There are advantages and disadvantages to all forms of contraceptives, so it would be great to have another option to choose from.