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Poppers (or popper) is a slang term referring to recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds. When fumes from these substances are inhaled , they act as potent vasodilators , producing mild euphoria, warmth, and dizziness.
As part of UK sanctions against Russia, ISPs are required to take "reasonable steps to prevent" users accessing "an internet service provided by" a person or organisation sanctioned by the UK government. This effectively means blocking websites operated by such organisations. Organisations sanctioned are currently TV Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya.
The UK has a markedly different tradition of pornography regulation from that found in other Western countries. It was almost the only liberal democracy not to have legalised hardcore pornography during the 1960s and 1970s. Pre-existing laws, such as the Obscene Publications Act 1959, continued to make its sale illegal through the 1980s and ...
The UK openly blocks child pornography websites, for which ONI does not test. [99] 98.6% of UK internet traffic consume a service called the child abuse image content list which uses data provided by the Internet Watch Foundation to identify pages judged to contain indecent photographs of children.
These drugs are known in the UK as controlled drug, because this is the term by which the act itself refers to them.In more general terms, however, many of these drugs are also controlled by the Medicines Act 1968, there are many other drugs which are controlled by the Medicines Act but not by the Misuse of Drugs Act, and some other drugs (alcohol, for example) are controlled by other laws.
Isobutyl nitrite is one of the compounds used as poppers, an inhalant drug that induces a brief euphoria. Also, it is used as part of the antidote package for cyanide poisoning . [ medical citation needed ]
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During the 1990s and early 2000s, FACT created a 30-second to 1-minute anti-piracy warning called "Beware of Illegal Video Cassettes", [17] reminding customers to check whether or not they have a genuine VHS cassette, and how to report pirated copies; warning that poor quality illegal cassettes could detract from their viewing experience ...