Sunday, August 30, 2009

ALL AROUND MY BRAIN


Yes neighbours, capitalist absurdity knows no bounds. The energy drink audiciously called “Cocaine” was pulled from U.S. shelves two years ago as a result of the FDA's decision that "Cocaine" was "was illegally marketing the drink as both a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement". Since 2007, Cocaine has been on and off sale, a popular campus joke artifact, and now something silmilar is being distributed in the UK. According to the London tabloid The Sun

“AN energy drink called "Simply Cocaine" was blasted by anti-drug campaigners yesterday. The drink, with a cartoon character called "Charlie" on the bottle, has double the caffeine content of Red Bull. Excess caffeine drinks can trigger heart problems. But Martin Barnes, of the charity DrugScope, is angry over the name. He said: "This is an intentionally provocative and cynical marketing stunt. Making light of an illegal drug that causes harm isn't smart." A company spokesman said: "Our product is 100 per cent legal, which is more than can be said for some of our MPs."

The secret words are The Real Thing

1 comment:

butlincat said...

Wot a load of bullshit.The kids are growing up thinking its so cool,when it aint - ur friends and mine have died,and they neednt have,and this crap is not wanted -bastards! "A report released by St George's, University of London reveals there were 1,952 UK drug-related deaths in 2008, an increase of 2.7 per cent from the previous year. Heroin and morphine remain the substances involved in most deaths, according to the Drug-related deaths in the UK Annual Report 2009. England, Wales and Northern Ireland actually saw a slight reduction in deaths, but record figures for Scotland boosted the total.

The report has been released by the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths, part of the International Centre for Drug Policy at St George's. Its release coincides with a report on drug deaths registered - but not necessarily occurring - in 2008 for England and Wales, unveiled today by the Office for National Statistics."...1952?..ha - and the rest...