COCAINE SOLD TO TEENS

I just can't hep but react over this article I read about a new energy drink called cocaine. So many people are reacting to it. Why all the fuss? I mean the name Coke was accepted by society even if it was the street name for cocaine. Even when Coke really contained an amount of cocaine!

Jamie Kirby, the creator said: "It's an energy drink, and it's a fun name. As soon as people look at the can, they smile."

He claims Cocaine is "350 percent stronger than Red Bull" but that people do not experience the "sugar crash" or jitters that he says some of the other energy drinks can produce.

But David Raynes, of the UK National Drug Prevention Alliance, said: "It is people exploiting drugs. It is a pretty cynical tactic exploiting illegal drugs for their own benefit."

Las Vegas-based drinks company Redux Beverages is producing the drink which contains 280 milligrams of caffeine. According to the company's website, the only way to get more caffeine per ounce is with an espresso.
Mr Raynes added: "The fact is that subliminally, it is making the image of drug use cool and that's what kids want to be, cool.

"Kids will be drinking Cocaine and will inevitably link the two. The drink is relatively innocuous, but they will be linking it with cocaine use and the market, which is far from innocuous."

Dr Charles O'Brien, a professor and vice chairman of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, said: "It's just a bad idea and has all the same downsides of too much caffeine plus a very bad name."

The company has received inquiries about selling Cocaine in Britain and throughout Europe. At the moment it is being sold only in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas - mainly to teenagers.

If these psychologists only put some thought into it, the impact of subliminal messages is already present everywhere. Look at the billboards, listen to the radio, watch T.V. (e.g. If you really love her, use Trust condoms - isn't this suggesting to teens that if you "love" a person you should use a condom, meaning have sex?)