
A product called "
Security Feel Better", marketed as a way to eliminate alcohol from the body up to six times faster than normal, is being banned in France, according to
Decanter.
French authorities fear that it will encourage people to drink and drive.
Let's break this down.
Security Feel Better is a non-alcoholic drink, containing no drugs, only plant extracts (from artichokes).
It supposedly increases a person's awareness by eliminating alcohol more quickly, and thereby reducing the number of accidents.
A French court found the company's claims of eliminating alcohol from the body more quickly to be unfounded, even though the company offered its own positive test results. But if scientists discover that this product does not live up to its claims, then at best the claim should be removed, not the product.
Otherwise, France will also have to make it illegal to drive under the influence of artichokes.