Calls to legalise mind-bending drink necked by King Charles during overseas trip; King Charles drank kava on his recent visit to Samoa despite it being a criminal offence in the UK to sell, supply or import products containing the high-inducing plant

Campaigners want a mind-bending brew swigged by King Charles to be legalised. The monarch, 76, sipped kava on his recent visit to Samoa. He downed the potion despite it being a criminal offence in the UK to sell, supply or import products containing the high-inducing plant. But activists say if it is fit for the King, it should be made legal. Simon Gellar from the Kava Coalition trade association asked: "Isn't it time to reconsider its prohibition for everyone else" Kava, dubbed "nature's Valium", is hugely popular in the South Sea islands and is made a shrub's roots...