XPost: talk.politics.misc   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   On 11/18/2010 07:15 AM, Mr.B1ack wrote:   
   > B Sellers  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 11/17/2010 03:04 PM, Mr.B1ack wrote:   
   >>> B Sellers   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 11/16/2010 02:12 PM, Mr.B1ack wrote:   
   >>>>> Huh ???   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Half a dozen punks got sick a couple of weeks ago   
   >>>>> after drinking some kind of wine coolers that also   
   >>>>> contain caffeine. No doubt they mixed in a bunch   
   >>>>> of OTHER stuff too, just for fun, but we don't   
   >>>>> hear about that ....   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But abruptly it's all a CRISIS - the end of western   
   >>>>> civilization ! Instant death ... and they'll rape   
   >>>>> yer virgin daughters too !!!!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Several state governments instantly banned that   
   >>>>> popular line of drinks and word is the FDA will   
   >>>>> leap in to save American youth from destruction   
   >>>>> and ban 'em everywhere. A vast new drug crisis   
   >>>>> averted ... Obama will take credit no doubt ...   
   >>>>> ignoring that a 'liberal' chips yet another   
   >>>>> freedom off the tablet .......   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Pssst ... clue for ya ... ya know what works   
   >>>>> even better than caffeine ? Meth, that's what.   
   >>>>> Hells Angels have been partying with that   
   >>>>> combo for decades.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Think the kiddies don't know ?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Now it'll be whisky and speed instead   
   >>>>> of wine and coffee.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Big improvement eh ?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Dumbasses .....   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Maybe it's intentional, a way to justify a bigger   
   >>>>> better police state ?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 	The cans of Four Loco(sic) (which loco is how   
   >>>> the name is pronounced) were _*23 ounces of 12.5%*_   
   >>>> alcohol.  One young man drank his fast and passed   
      
   	23 ounces not 8 or 12!  Emphasis added above.   
   	Oh and the spelling of the product name is   
   "Four LoKo".   
      
   >>>> out.  The cans look like soft drinks or energy   
   >>>> drinks.  That is nearly 3 ounces of ethanol per   
   >>>> can which is a lot for a younger person or   
   >>>> even an old crock.   
   >>>> 	The caffeine is going to be removed   
   >>>> but its presence made people think of an   
   >>>> energy drink and it was there in relatively   
   >>>> high concentrations.   
   >>>> 	Drew Carey's old show started the   
   >>>> whole thing with caffeinated beer.  And   
   >>>> that was illegal and after popular success   
   >>>> the brewery was shut down.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 	I suppose to make it worse they   
   >>>> they could have made a fluid extract of   
   >>>> locoweed and added that to the potion.   
   >>>> Most people wouldn't drink locoweed   
   >>>> cola or wine at least not very often.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>      So .... you're gonna assert that the punks   
   >>>      didn't KNOW it was 25 proof ? Ridiculous.   
   >>>      They wouldn't have bought it, especially   
   >>>      for a party, UNLESS it had a decent alcohol   
   >>>      content.   
   >>>   
   >>>      Wouldn't be suprised if they added a few   
   >>>      other goodies too ... xanax or something ...   
   >>>      to give it more kick. Todays punks MIX   
   >>>      their drugs.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> 	Well I don't know what today's young   
   >> people know about proof versus percentage or   
   >> if they have been made aware of the effects   
   >> of combining drugs that depress the respiratory   
   >> reflex.   
   >   
   >     IMHO, drugs that suppress respiration ought to   
   >     also contain some respiratory stimulant to   
   >     somewhat counterbalance that potentially   
   >     deadly effect.   
      
   	But they don't!   
   	And this was not a drug but a drug   
   mixture with a dietary supplement.   
      
   > 	   
   >> 	The impression I got was that this   
   >> was not for a party but drinking the whole   
   >> can by one's self was considered de rigor.   
   >   
   >    Well, a 12-oz can of 25 proof only contains   
   >    about 1.5 ounces of alcohol ... about the   
   >    same as one and a half of those little   
   >    microbottles the airlines (used to ?)   
   >    provide. That wouldn't get my aunt Sally   
   >    drunk ... much less cause a collapse.   
      
   	Too bad you don't read "23 ounce   
   can."   
      
   >   
   >    I think we're looking at yet another case   
   >    of where the govt grossly exaggerates and   
   >    disinforms in order to justify "doing   
   >    something" ... usually something that   
   >    will have evil consequences down the line.   
   	   
   	That is undoubtedly the case but   
   marketing alcohol to school children instead   
   of making them steal it from their parents   
   is a bad idea.   
      
   	The maker will continue the product   
   as a strictly alcoholic beverage.   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
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