No more Cocaine 4 U

[Kire]

Not that I drink energy drinks anyway, but yeah.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.....ap/index.html

[Funk]

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Coca-Cola did it.

[thetruecoolness]

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"We like to think we have a great sense of humor," he said. "And our market, primarily folks from ages 20 to 30, they love the ideas, they love the name, they love the whole campaign. These are not drug users."

So what is the ideal age for cocaine again, teenagers and old people? And seems like they're the ripe age for a certain green leaf drug.

Not that I don't somewhat agree with them about being able to use the name, thought the drug dealers might be able to get them on a copyright suit.

also

"Of course, we intended for Cocaine energy drink to be a legal alternative the same way that celibacy is an alternative to premarital sex," Ivey said. "It's not the same thing and no one thinks it is. Our product doesn't have any cocaine in it. No one thinks that it does. We think it is most likely legal in the United States to ship our product."

"Our goal is to literally flush Cocaine down the drain across the nation," said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who announced the company's agreement with his state Monday. "Our main complaint about Cocaine is its name and marketing strategy seeking to glorify illegal drug use and exploit the allure of marketing 'Speed in a Can,' as it called the product."

Oh but the movie Blow was ok, and the tons of other media that glorify illegal substances (How High, Half Baked, etc). What about all those 'diet' pills that only work if you exercise and eat right anyway. They're false advertising as well, and I'm sure the Cocaine product commercials had in fine print, contains no cocaine. I don't see the big deal, sure it's sleazy and unprofessional, but illegal, I think that might be taking it a bit too far.

[Kit Carruthers]

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So... they're so obsessed with taking down drugs that they need to take down products that have the same name as a drug?

It's like the whole situation is becoming a parody of itself. I'm not even sure there's any joke I could make here... It's all been taken care of for me.

[Pandable]

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I think both sides in this are overreacting and being silly.

[d2king10]

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I think they should just put real Cocaine in it, and then everyone would be happy.

[Misty]

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They also had Cocaine-themed lollipops and candy if I recall.

[Bon]

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Coca-Cola did it.

That was back in my mom's day. She doesn't like coke anymore since then. :P

[Kit Carruthers]

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That was back in my mom's day. She doesn't like coke anymore since then. :P

is your mom like 100?

[Riotsword]

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It's all Reagan's fault.

[Bon]

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is your mom like 100?

Yes, Rob. My mom is 100 because she miraculously had me at age 81. There is a god! *falls to his knees*

Anyway, she told me the coke would give off this "buzz" feeling, but evetyone knows the formula has changed.

[Kit Carruthers]

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i'm pretty sure they removed the cocaine in the early 1900s.

[josh]

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that **** burned like hell going down. but damn if it didn't get me through some all-night study sessions.