Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1020596)

Yes you can buy the sassafras oil in tiny bottles containing about 4ml each but as you need about a pint it would look mighty suspicious if you tried to buy that many bottles!

So that knocks the whole thing on the head then...:( pity, I was just about to start sourcing glassware!:eek:;)

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 1020599)

From what I read that is banned now isn't it as it's been linked to causing cancer? Root beer drink used to have it but these days it's been removed due to suspected carcinogenic links.

You'd probably blow yourself up! ;) As another ingredient on there is sulphuric acid?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1020605)

Seems it's banned from food and medicine in the USA, not sure about anywhere else. Not sure whether to believe the list in the link below but it wouldn't surprise me if the Yanks had banned all these things, they have that sort of mentality...

11 - 11Points.com

Are you calling my chemistry skills into question?;) I may be a little rusty, but as for the H2SO4, there are lots of other chemicals needed for the synthesis which could be dangerous if not handled correctly.

On a slightly different subject, the statistics in the link below are interesting. Perhaps today's youth are not as interested in drugs as we thought? Must be us oldies keeping the trade going!

BBC News - Is the teen rebel a dying breed?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1020620)

Try this...

11 Foods and Drinks Banned In the United States - 11Points.com