Well I used to be a member a long time ago, I see nothing has changed much...LOL
Yes its sand and yes I have my issues with it as well as you guys but I may reasure the health of my Leo's are top notch. They are not juviniles, they are very well fed, and the are very well suplimented in feeding and with a good old cap full o cailcium.
I never had a impaction problem, well at least since I was a kid and was not as carefull as I am now. They have lots of cage decor covering alot of the sand also. I dont like calcium sand I belive the dust is realy bad for small reptiles along with the racket it has going on to sell such small amounts at such high prices only to make you buy 4 of the bags every other month and waste more monay.
At this point in life papertowels dont cut it, Im out on my own now with my wife and a baby daughter and wanted more of a pleasing look.