Originally published October 4 2005
Marijuana-flavored candies create a stir on Capitol Hill
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The new Chronic Candy's advertising ploys are gathering considerable opposition, as public officials and parents unite in their concerns about appealing to certain aspects of youth culture to sell product.
Police, parents and lawmakers are smoking mad over a hot new candy, according to MSNBC, USA Today and The Daily News.
The candies -- which have been sucked on by the likes of such celebrity fans as Snoop Dogg and Partis Hilton -- are sparking controversy among critics who feel these sweets promote drug use among kids.
Allegedly, the pot pops -- which come in "nickel bags" and "20 sacs" and tout flavors like "Chronic" and "Icky Sticky Skunk Buds."-- contain no THC, the ingredient that makes pot users a "high."
But it sounds like they plotted the marketing to promote the taste and feel of pot.
This really angers lawmakers such as Councilwoman Margarita Lopez (D-Manhattan), who fumed to WPIX-Channel 11, ""How could we go into market and create a product for children that encourages them to taste the taste of marijuana?
Come to think of it, I've never heard of so much passion over a darn lollipop.
Even anti-sugar forces are timid compared to irate anti-drug folks, who detest Chronic Candy's blatantly obvious slogan, "every lick is like taking a hit."
Sounds like you get a double whammy of a high -- sugar and the pot taste.
Interestingly, the candy is legal even if it sounds like an advertisement for pot.
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