Poppers | Effects of Poppers | FRANK | FRANK

Dangerously potent benzos causing harm | FRANK

Honest information about drugs | FRANK

LSD | Acid | Effects of LSD | FRANK

Alcohol | Effects of Alcohol | FRANK

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Drugs A to Z | FRANK

PCP | Effects of PCP | FRANK

Cannabis edibles – always risky, sometimes dangerous | FRANK

Every page should precisely specify what language(s) it is written in. 

## Why this matters

Screen readers, which read out the text on a page, need to know the language to 
pronounce it correctly. Without the language, text may sound like gibberish. 

For example: imagine a computer pronouncing just one German word
"die" (pronounced "dee") using English pronunciation. Now extend that to every
word on the page.

Search engines may also use the language to classify pages, so this can have
an effect on SEO as well.

## How to fix

The `<html>` element should have a `lang` or `xml:lang` attribute which describes 
the language of the page.

You will usually want to use the `lang` attribute as follows:

```html
<html lang="en-US">
```

(Note this example won't work for XHTML, which is deprecated and highly discouraged).

Make sure you specify a [valid language code](http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt).

## More information

See [Technique H57](https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/H57).

html-lang-required

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Title / URL	Issues
Poppers \| Effects of Poppers \| FRANK \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/drug/poppers?a=Amyls	1
Dangerously potent benzos causing harm \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/news/benzos	1
Honest information about drugs \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1
LSD \| Acid \| Effects of LSD \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/drug/lsd?a=Acid	1
Alcohol \| Effects of Alcohol \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/drug/alcohol?a=Alcohol	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.talktofrank.com/	1
Honest information about drugs \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/feedback	1
Drugs A to Z \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/drugs-a-z	1
PCP \| Effects of PCP \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/drug/pcp?a=Angel%20dust	1
Cannabis edibles – always risky, sometimes dangerous \| FRANKwww.talktofrank.com/news/dodgycannabisedibles	1

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