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‘Liquid Weed’ Candy Targeted to Children, Says California Mother
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Posted on 06/17/2015 1:42:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A candy product dubbed Liquid Weed has drawn the ire of at least one California mother after her son purchased the sugary treat from a Sacramento-area candy store.

Naomi Lopez, of Manteca, California, said her son bought the sour apple “ooze candy” a few weeks ago from Candy Heaven in Old Sacramento.

... Lopez said her main concern was the labeling. She said the candy is sending the wrong message.

“It’s targeting children, that’s how I see it. It’s in reach of children,” Lopez said.

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1 posted on 06/17/2015 1:42:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 06/17/2015 1:44:00 PM PDT by freedomlover
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Weed and queers are okay, nothing to see, move on...


3 posted on 06/17/2015 1:45:30 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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I bet she had candy cigarettes at some point in her childhood. And she probably doesn’t smoke. Now she just needs to add 2 and 2.


4 posted on 06/17/2015 1:46:27 PM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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Of course she’s right.


5 posted on 06/17/2015 1:47:03 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: discostu

I had candy cigarettes as a child and I didn’t go on to smoke.

Oh wait...I did.


6 posted on 06/17/2015 1:48:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.s)
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Almost everybody had the candy. But most didn’t go on to smoke (because don’t smoke anymore).


7 posted on 06/17/2015 1:49:15 PM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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Lock them up for life


8 posted on 06/17/2015 1:50:06 PM PDT by GeronL
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“Oh wait...I did.”

Same here. On the other hand, I also used to buy the bubble gum cigars, but I never met Monica Lewinsky....


9 posted on 06/17/2015 1:55:22 PM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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Cut their heads off by the seashore!


10 posted on 06/17/2015 2:00:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (If You Are Ignorant, Don't Vote!)
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I had candy cigarettes and never smoked. Winter was the best time to eat them because then your frozen breath looked like smoke :).


11 posted on 06/17/2015 2:01:06 PM PDT by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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While I’m a staunch supporter of MJ legalization and leaving the choice to partake to the individuals doing it, I don’t care for this at all. Weed is not something that should be done by kids - if they grow up and decide to do it, whatever, but as kids, this is just bad form. There is no need to market this candy to kids.


12 posted on 06/17/2015 2:21:13 PM PDT by dware (Yeah, so? What are you going to do about it?)
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Just because it’s candy doesn’t mean that by definition it’s marketed towards children. While it’s arguably in poor taste, I can’t see how it should be illegal.


13 posted on 06/17/2015 2:46:53 PM PDT by Johnny Navarone
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Cannabis Salve . . ?


14 posted on 06/17/2015 2:49:07 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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Your argument defending something intended to push drugs to children is pretty sorry, but during the years of candy cigarettes being sold, the percentage of smokers was extremely high.


15 posted on 06/17/2015 2:53:22 PM PDT by ansel12
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Welcome to what might be your first week at FR.


16 posted on 06/17/2015 2:55:41 PM PDT by ansel12
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It’s not pushing drugs to children. It’s a stupid candy, doesn’t look like pot, doesn’t taste like pot, isn’t pot, doesn’t really have anything to do with pot, except a stupid name. Which was probably chosen knowing it would irritate whiny people, thus generating news stories, thus free publicity.

Percentage of smokers was very high for decades before anybody invented candy cigarettes. And it was a generation that grew up on candy cigarettes that started us down the path of not smoking. Smoking led to the candy, not the other way around.


17 posted on 06/17/2015 3:06:57 PM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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Keep voting for your sacred DemoRats to keep the weed candy flowing. Don’t complain when Jr.gets corrupted by their ideology.
You voted for it.


18 posted on 06/17/2015 3:09:28 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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Ya know Ms. Lopez that mariJuana has a certain espanol ring to it.


19 posted on 06/17/2015 3:12:52 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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This is not ok. It looks like it could be a marijuana candy with real thc in it! If your child were consuming it, and you didn’t know where he got it, you might rush him to the ER or be very concerned. Since there is real weed candy, this is a dumb idea.


20 posted on 06/17/2015 3:16:13 PM PDT by Yaelle ("You're gonna fly away, Glad you're going my way...")
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