Comments on: FDA Goes After Blow Energy Drink

By: FDA Goes After Blow Energy Drink [ Energy Fiend ]

FDA Goes After Blow Energy Drink [ Energy Fiend ] — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:40:28 +0000

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By: Sethamphetamine

Sethamphetamine — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:13:04 +0000

I agree with scum1. If they’re selling it in a way that the vulnerable audience can’t get to it, what’s the problem? The only thing that worries me is you know some moron WILL actually cut it into lines and blow it. That would outdo the Spike hospital visits…

By: Juggalo Pwnage

Juggalo Pwnage — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:55:24 +0000

I gotta say I’m with him and the FDA on this…When I read the original article on it I wasn’t very impressed, I just think it took the FDA a little too long.

By: shadowfirebird

shadowfirebird — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:34:37 +0000

If Cheech and Chong made those movies now, they probably would be arrested.

By: scum1

scum1 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:03:53 +0000

Some people just can’t take a joke. Blow is so over the top it is funny.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:48:54 +0000

Lame. Honestly. Could the FDA spend more time keeping an eye on what’s going *into* the drinks (for safety reasons) and less worrying about OMGDRUGIMAGERY?

By: scum1

scum1 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:07:49 +0000

Sorry I disagree. They don’t sell Blow to school kids. It is available at adult stores and clubs as well as online. I have 3 kids and I’m not worried. Did they arrest Cheech and Chong for making drug movies? Do they ban rap music which glorifies drug use and crime? I would understand if they were marketing to 13yr olds but they don’t. If you don’t have a credit card you can’t order it online either(last I checked 13 yr olds can’t get a credit card). It is the parents job to monitor what their kids do. Candy cigarettes never made me want to smoke real ones. Bottom line is let the market decide. I think Blow is a good product. It will give you energy and it is portable. It is very tongue in cheek with the whole cocaine thing. It is so over the top that you can’t take it too serious.

By: Dusty

Dusty — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:46:15 +0000

Took them long enough.

By: Worm

Worm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:22:38 +0000

Also, is accepting that drug use is cool the number one bad advertising practice around? Honestly?

By: Grandson

Grandson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:22:59 +0000

Hey Grandad –

The FDA isn’t just admonishing them to change their marketing practices. The FDA has given an ultimatum: stop marketing your drink with those images or we will send men with guns and make you stop.

Sorry, but I don’t think I’m “with the FDA on this.” There are very few times when I would brandish a gun in someone’s face, and Blow’s selling a beverage with a suggestive label isn’t one of them.