The husband-and-wife team that created the controversial "Cocaine" energy drink, and city-based stores selling it, are catching some blowback from a city alderman and the local NAACP. The beverage is distributed in a slender red can and its name is spelled in lettering that resembles the white powder form of the illicit drug.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An energy drink called Cocaine has been pulled from stores nationwide, amid concerns about its name, the company that produces it said Monday. Clegg Ivey, a partner in Redux Beverages LLC of Las Vegas, said the company plans to sell the drink under a new name for now.
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By Michelle Dynes mdynes@wyomingnews.com
Foxon Alderman Robert Lee, D-11, is as well known for his outspoken nature as he is for annual Thanksgiving dinners he sponsors for seniors residing in Bella Vista. He introduced legislation to broaden tax relief for local veterans, and railed against the distribution of the 'Cocaine' energy drink in city-based stores.
The name of the company is Redux Beverages and it is based in Las Vegas Nevada. It is in the process of bringing "cocaine" in a can to a "neighborhood near you." Recently a high energy drink that the maker calls "Cocaine" made its dubious debut reportedly in Las Vegas, and it can now be found in bars and convenience stores in Los Angeles and New York. The Los Angeles Sentinel's investigative reporters were not able to locate any in the immediate area stores. The community is gearing up a massive, proactive campaign to prevent the distribution and sale of this "drug" in the community. Community leaders and residents believe that if this is not stopped before it gets here, the ensuing damage will be equivalent to "Katrina" again, this time throughout the country.
What a great week for book readers with lots of money. For just around $100, you can get [Tim Dorsey]'s Torpedo Juice, Elmore Leonard's The Hot Kid, John Burdett's Bangkok Tattoo and Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell's And Tango Makes Three--all recently published in hardcover. (Though mumbojumbling wingnuts who think God hates gay chinstrap penguins might want to skip that last one.) [Serge A. Storms] may be a psycho, but he's our psycho. He slaughters all-sorts of conservative and/or antisocial vermin in various gruesomely amusing ways--when he's not lecturing at the University of South Florida or marketing a new energy drink (containing 3 grams of cocaine and another 3 of PCP) to Miami's thrill-crazed clubbers.
Several days after "Cocaine" energy drink was pulled from store shelves nationwide amid criticism over its name and marketing, 29 attorneys general have set their sights on Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., accusing the company of promoting caffeinated alcoholic drinks to youths. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is among those urging the company to overhaul the marketing of such drinks, particularly a brand called Spykes, which he described as a youth "starter drink.
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