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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.
The gay rights campaigning group Stonewall said that unless evidence suggested that poppers did any harm, they should be excluded from the ban. [14] Drugs reformer and founder of the Beckley Foundation, Amanda Feilding, claimed the act is bad legislation and a mistake for multiple reasons. She criticised the act for pushing the market ...
This means that in each UK nation if an individual is to have sex with someone 15 or less, then they may be charged with a criminal offence. [9] Similarly, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 prohibits someone in a position of trust from performing sexual acts with someone who cannot consent, which includes minors, and "very vulnerable ...
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They said there had been a history of illegal sales at the shop. David Mullins of Trading Standards said the impact of businesses selling illegal tobacco “caused the local economy to suffer”.
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 ...
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