A herbal remedy, which is the national beverage in the Pacific islands, must stay banned in Britain

A herbal remedy, which is the national beverage in the Pacific islands, must stay banned in Britain, according to the Court of Appeal. The actress Jenny Seagrove teamed up with the National Association for Health Stores to try to overturn the prohibition on kava kava, which she used to cope with sleeplessness…The appeal judges ruled that the information available when the ban was imposed was adequate for the government to reach a conclusion and order prohibition under the Medicines Act.

—The Scotsman, 2/23/05