Posted on 05/05/2005 10:48:52 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
ORLANDO, Fla. -- There's a new lollipop in town and its flavor is controversial to say the least. It's called 'Chronic Candy' and it's made to taste like marijuana. Critics of the product say it's one more way to make illegal drugs seem cool.
The little lollipops really are made to taste like marijuana, but there is no THC in them, which is the active ingredient in pot that gets you high. But that fact hasn't stopped critics of this crazy candy.
Beyond the plastic wrapper, buried in the colorful candy is the flavor of marijuana.
"It's not good at all, it's sweet," said Florence Marr after tasting the candy. "It tastes like crap."
Not everyone shares Marr's opinion and drug prevention experts say the sweet stuff will be very tempting to a vulnerable crowd.
"I mean, I'm thinking middle school kids as being really intrigued with this. They're so much at that pivotal point, rebel a little bit. 'It's just candy, mom, how can it hurt me,'" commented Jody Scott, Center for Drug Free Living.
The ad campaign for the pot-flavored pops is almost more shocking than the candy itself, using pictures of marijuana and slogans that make parents cringe, such as "tell a friend, not a cop," and "every lick is like taking a hit."
"Every lick is like taking a hit, that's nice. And then of course, the packaging is called nickel bag. I mean, that's uncalled for," said parent Wade Marr.
"I feel sorry for anybody who needs this to make a living," said Brian Foster.
The man making that living expects it to be quite a living.
"Actually, to be honest with you, you'll hear it first. I'm gonna make a billion dollars out of this," said Tony Van Pelt, the creator of Chronic Candy.
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"God gave him the right to do evil?"
now thats a silly question and you know it
the list of goods and services being sold legally that obviously 'corrupt" children is staggering (TV, Planned Parenthood, Hollywood,etc.)...
somehow this offense, selling pot candy, doesn't seem to rise to the level of 'evil' in the grand scheme...
now if instead of saying, "I am going to make a billion dollars", he stated "I want to corrupt children and make them do illegal drugs"..that would be Evil....
where are these 'minors' parents anyways?
"God gave him the right to do evil?"
What is an evil act other than acting against the will of God?
If God made it, saw that it was good and gave it to man as the Bible states
then how does the attempted eradication of this gift from God fulfill the
will of God? How does imprisoning the possessors, protectors and
propagators of this plant serve any other purpose than to create
greater discord in the world? What more evil conspiracy could
ever exist in this world than the one which presently attempts to destroy
a gift from God which possesses the most complete and absorbable
combination of amino acids required by the human body for sustenance of any plant known to man?
I wouldn't think there'd be much market for that ...
I never cared for the spiked brownies, never could keep 'em lit! ;)
*snort*
I don't know why you pinged me to this.
Of course it should taste like brownies.
mmm brownies.... and some chips dipped in peanut butter... and a Big Gulp full of ice cold pop... and Fruit Loops....
Jah doesn't think it's evil, mon.
I just knew you were a student of...um...culture...
The government is not God... Not even when they think they know what God thinks.
They should taste like s'mores!
I made my first billion off booger candy.
mmmm s'mores....
Just because he didn't break any laws doesn't mean he's not amoral...I mean seriously, how many good moral laws do we really have? An abortion doctor is amoral whether or not he's breaking the law.
I don't, however, agree that he should be "taken out back and beaten". After all, two wrongs don't make a right! ;)
"Actually, I think Tony Van Pelt should be taken out back and beaten, what an amoral POS he is."
No kidding. While you're at it why do you beat the crap out of all those candy makers making butter rum and whiskey flavored goodies.
Oh dear.... Have I been over some rough road there or what? :~D
Nobody looked good in the 70s.
Uh,'cause I like those....LOL.
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