The new “Ice Breakers Pacs” candy from Hershey have freaked out narcotics officers in Philadelphia because of their resemblance to bags of powered drugs. The candy, which is a gritty sugar sealed inside a gel bag that dissolves in your mouth, looks an awful lot like a little baggie of cocaine or heroin.
I had them at Sweet Spot. They were interesting technically, but not exactly appealing. We joked about their similarity to little baggies of drugs when we first saw them—drugs I’ve only seen in government-mandated anti-drug curriculum, officers—but the show attendants from Hershey didn’t find our allusion very humorous.
Clearly, the street dealers’ next move should be to make mint-infused drugs. That’ll really confuse the cops.
Sugary Candy Looks Too Much Like Street Drugs, Cops Say [MyFoxPhilly.com via Crime Scene KC]
Isn’t this an appeal to kids, like most marketing? Aren’t the kids ‘heroes’ these days Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan?
Amusingly, flavored drugs have already been done.
This isn’t the first time when those from the drug rehab programs reacted like this. Once, they even got arrested a man who was supposed to have drugs on him.
When I first saw them I thought they looked like the jelly packs used by a dishwasher
[insert an image of a slice of white bread here]
I’m guessing it will be hilarious when someone inevitably snorts a line of this shit. I’m waiting for the youtube post.
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That story bears some further scrutiny & skepticism – here’s a start from snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/candymeth.asp
The real effect of such additives per taste is highly dubious – go to any rehab and ask around
I’m leaning heavily towards drug war propaganda rather than fact