Cocaine energy drink pulled from shelves nationwide

Astavats said:
I wonder what the new name will be...AMPhetamine Energy Drink ;)
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I still route for Abstain.

No one said the product name had to dominate the packaging...
It's just common sense to.

All they need to do is shrink Cocaine a little... drop a "Can" in front of it... and print in tiny letters underneath, "ABSTAIN!"
Can COCAINE -ABSTAIN!

It's that easy.
A COMPLETELY tongue in cheek anti-drug message, keeping much of the original appearance of the can.

I haven't had cocaine...
But Liquid BLOW is one of the best energy drinks I've ever had.
It's white when you pour it out... sweet, fruity, and good.
 
well, yeah that's understandable...but it's not like it's really rational or even legal in some places (if not most) to sell "child's play" "homemade methlab DO IT YOURSELF!"...instead of fake plastic kitchens and shit.
 
^ that was the whole point "to recreate the numbing effect of a coke drip"


....and to create controvery [ie. free promotion] for a drink with a semi-controversial name 8)
 
they did this several years ago with a candy named "Crave" that came in a little vial resembling something ud smoke crack out of. the candy was little clumps of sugar that looked just like crack rocks.

SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM I GUESS!!! Were free to live exactly how were told to!!!!


i mean i swear, i fucking love this forum, but fuck, reading the articles here just makes me wanna [tbh im afraid the nazis will rape me if i finish this sentence...]
 
^Yeah, and I'm pretty sure you can still get candy cigarettes, and I know you can get Big League Chew. They have a tub of that shit at Costco.
 
panic_the_digital said:
^Yeah, and I'm pretty sure you can still get candy cigarettes, and I know you can get Big League Chew. They have a tub of that shit at Costco.
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well you are forgetting that drugs that are not scheduled because they are so safe like tobacco and alcohol are good to promote and encourage our youth to try in candy form. But a lolipop that is green and is called "chronic" no, that is horrible and sending a message that if eating candy that is like a real drug that using the real drug is fun, but candy cigarettes and kiddie chewing tobacco (gum), those are GOOD! 8(
 
Good. This shit tasted horrible. I was so disappointed after first trying one. I love all sorts of energy drinks but this shit is awful. it tastes like hot ginger ale, and burned by throat.
I think it's really stupid that someone wants it off the market though. I doubt the company would have stayed in business for long considering the stuff was terrible tasting.
I wouldn't be surprised if it changed it's name to "kokaine" or something like that
 
Astavats said:
I wonder what the new name will be...AMPhetamine Energy Drink ;)
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Mountain Due already has that name. I'm sure the powers that be don't know it's short for amphetamine. Then again,that's a Pepsi product. I'm sure if Cocaine had been put out by Coke or Pepsi,no one would have had a problem with the name in the first place.
 
dankstersauce said:
Good. This shit tasted horrible. I was so disappointed after first trying one. I love all sorts of energy drinks but this shit is awful. it tastes like hot ginger ale, and burned by throat.
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Yep- I tried this one and probably would have like it if it didnt taste like,
'hot pepper mixed with cinnamon like taste'...YUCKO.:p
 
Redux Strikes Back: 'Cocaine' makers change banned name to 'Censored'

'Cocaine' makers change banned name to 'Censored'

5/15/2007 - After unabashedly criticizing the US Food & Drug Administration's (FDA's) threats to their product - Cocaine energy drink - Redux Beverages has announced it will change the product's name to Censored.

In April, the FDA issued a final letter to Las Vegas-based Redux after warnings the energy beverage is illegally marketed as a street drug alternative and dietary supplement. The maker of the controversially named energy drink announced last week it would temporarily halt distribution of its product, after FDA and other government branches threatened action.

While its initial tone was defiant, the company has changed its tune. In a written statement issued this week it announced that it will in fact change the name to "Censored".

"We love the Censored name because it has the same rebellious and fun spirit that our original name did," said Redux founder Jamey Kirby in the statement.

FDA did not appear to find anything rebellious or fun with the first name "Cocaine", which sparked a debate on energy drinks in the mainstream press.

"Street drug alternatives, i.e., products that claim to mimic the effects of recreational drugs, are not intended to supplement the diet and, as a result, cannot lawfully be marketed as dietary supplements," wrote FDA in its April 4 warning letter to Kirby.

While Redux has displayed the words "R.I.P Cocaine energy drink Sept. 2006 - May 2007," on the website www.drinkcocaine.com, it now says it is working on new "Censored" product lines.

This is a far cry from Redux's assertions last week that it would change the product name but challenge FDA nonetheless, with the goal of returning to its original name.

"Redux intends to challenge the FDA allegations, but until such time as Redux wins that challenge, Cocaine Energy Drink, which was well on its way to becoming a contender against energy drink goliaths…will not be available for sale in the United States under that name," said Redux in a written statement.

http://www.foodproductiondaily-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=76553-redux-energy-drink
 
Crazeee said:
"Street drug alternatives, i.e., products that claim to mimic the effects of recreational drugs, are not intended to supplement the diet and, as a result, cannot lawfully be marketed as dietary supplements," wrote FDA in its April 4 warning letter to Kirby.
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WHOA sparky!

Energy drinks are "dietary supplements"?

Really?
I didn't think the FDA approved dietary supplements...
Or didn't monitor their labeling or something...

That's why there aren't nutritional facts on them...
And they get away with... stuff...

And then there's Stevia (which I highly recommend for tea drinkers.... and all diabetics...) that isn't FDA approved as a sweetener (companies using it as such actually get fined and their products pulled) but is legal to sell as a dietary supplement...
(What's wrong with Stevia? It's natural; i.e. not patentable, and would compete with nutrasweet, equal, sweet and low, etc... And doesn't cause cancer, or have other negative side effects. It's also a source of FIBER, is glucose negative (er... doesn't effect glucose, but may actually help regulate it, has only been used for over 3,000 years in South America and Japan with no negative side effects ever reported... I'll quit ranting... go read up on it at Wikkipedia...), and about its only downside is that yeast can't interact with it - no alcohol, and no fluffy cakes or breads...
But if bread and alcohol were the only foods consumed with sugar content, how many diabetics would there be?


Anyway...

FDA traditionally considered dietary supplements to be composed only of essential nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, and proteins. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 added "herbs, or similar nutritional substances," to the term "dietary supplement." Through the DSHEA, Congress expanded the meaning of the term "dietary supplements" beyond essential nutrients to include such substances as ginseng, garlic, fish oils, psyllium, enzymes, glandulars, and mixtures of these.

The DSHEA established a formal definition of "dietary supplement" using several criteria. A dietary supplement:

* is a product (other than tobacco) that is intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients.

* is intended for ingestion in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid form.

* is not represented for use as a conventional food or as the sole item of a meal or diet.

* is labeled as a "dietary supplement."

* includes products such as an approved new drug, certified antibiotic, or licensed biologic that was marketed as a dietary supplement or food before approval, certification, or license (unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services waives this provision).
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(1994 thingy from the FDA


That doesn't say anything about labeling other than - "It can't be labeled as a food..."

Doesn't it seem like the FDA is overstepping their boundaries?
Doesn't this SCREAM SCANDAL?

The day that stevia can be used as a sweetener (food additive), MDMA becomes legal, and I die of a heart attack because science and reason finally win out over bureaucracy, I'll start popping my pills with diet... whatevers.

Until then, tea (or tisanes) and stevia for me.
(Though, liquid blow is pretty good. Never had cocaine, but I think I'll ABSTAIN based on the reviews. I still like Abstain better than Censored...)

And...
"Cocaine: The Official Energy Drink of Bong Hits 4 Jesus"
I don't think that'd work.
BH4J would probably be schedule I based on the possible acronym working out...
(Speaking of... anyone develop BH4J as a research chemical yet? I wanna try some...)
 
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