User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:20:48 AM EDT
ABC News link
New mint packets being sold by The Hershey Co. look nearly identical to the tiny heat-sealed bags used to sell illegal powdered drugs like crack, heroin and cocaine and glorify the drug trade, a Philadelphia police official said. Ice Breakers Pacs, nickel-sized dissolvable pouches with a powdered sweetener inside, hit store shelves in November. The packets, which come in blue and orange plastic slide-up cases, are similar enough to drug packets that a child familiar with the candy could mistakenly swallow a heat-sealed bag of drugs, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector William Blackburn told the Philadelphia Daily News for an article published Friday. A spokesman for the company, based in Hershey, Pa., pointed out that each pouch made by two dissolvable mint strips bears the Ice Breakers logo. "It is not intended to simulate anything," said spokesman Kirk Saville. Saville would not directly respond to questions about whether Hershey has plans to change the product's appearance or whether anyone in law enforcement or inside the company has previously raised a concern about it.  It may look like drugs, but read the whole article...you don't open them, you pop them in your mouth. Whaddya think? ByteTheBullet (-: |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:22:42 AM EDT
[#1]
That's going to burn going up.
 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:23:12 AM EDT
[#2]
oh give me a break!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:23:15 AM EDT
[#3]
"It glorifies the drug trade," he said. "There's really no reason that a product like this should be on the shelf."
Yes, when I saw those I immediately drew the connection...  What a fucktard... |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:23:59 AM EDT
[#4]
I think those are gonna get pulled from store shelves in a hurry. Someone in design and a few in marketing will have their resumes on monster in the next few weeks.
Now I don't know about glorifying the drug trade, that seems a stupid statement, but no doubt the candy does in fact resemble drugs and drug packaging enough that no, a child likely could not tell the difference. In fact, enough so that I'm sure some enterprising Yoots, will find a way to open and replace the contents of the candy packets. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:24:14 AM EDT
[#5]
and id bet they would freak at my zip lock baggie of oregano i keep in my cooking shelf.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:26:23 AM EDT
[#6]
Well, now I'll never buy those things. Next thing you know I'll be getting tasered and having my car confiscated by the state for possession of breath fresheners.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:26:54 AM EDT
[#7]
its filitydelphia what do you expect?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:29:10 AM EDT
[#8]
Jesus Christ. Time to disband the Philly PD. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:29:35 AM EDT
[#9]
No knock warrant coming your way. 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:29:41 AM EDT
[#10]
Thats just weird.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:31:05 AM EDT
[#11]
I was about to put a smart-ass remark about only Philly residents would do drugs that look like a rabbit had diarrea, but then I realized they werent talking about Hershey Kisses.
Kharn |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:32:39 AM EDT
[#12]
OH teh NOEZ!! I have the basil and thyme too! Man im really screwed! |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:32:53 AM EDT
[#13]
Or BC Powder 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:34:30 AM EDT
[#14]
 What about those? |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:34:37 AM EDT
[#15]
It is getting to the point where everything new that will be invented, will automatically be banned.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:35:33 AM EDT
[#16]
That is how we make pea shooters! Allows the kids to get a sugar high and practice marksmanship at the same time! |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:36:22 AM EDT
[#17]
And the old school stuff like Goody's powder. Cops might mistake it for coke.  |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:37:48 AM EDT
[#18]
Exactly what the Philly PD needs to be doing with his time. Fucking idiot.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:38:01 AM EDT
[#19]
I don't really give a crap, but they do have a point. I bet it's no mistake they look like little bags of cocaine. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:39:44 AM EDT
[#20]
I think the key difference is that the candy outer layers look significantly like the glassine packaging commonly used by drug dealers to package small amounts of coke, heroine or meth. They look enough similar that if I were to see one out of context, my FIRST thought would be that it was drugs. |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:39:49 AM EDT
[#21]
Yup, I cant for the life of me see how something like that would get past marketing/development. But but but but... it has the Icebreakers logo on the wrap!!! Whatta bunch of fucksticks. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:43:46 AM EDT
[#22]
I, for one, like my dopers smelling minty fresh.
ETA: Those are spot-on for dope bindles. I don't know about all the "gloify" or other crap... but finding those in a pocket would raise my eyebrow. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:52:59 AM EDT
[#23]
maybe i live a sheltered life, but "drug packet" would be pretty far down on my list of associations with that product.
must be a truly sad commentary on the state of society. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 9:57:18 AM EDT
[#24]
Yes and no. To those of us who are cops and have worked in high drug trafficking areas, those would be immediately " recognized " as packets of drugs. Sufficiently that resources would be used to test them and possibly sufficient probable cause for an arrest. Those resources of course would be wasted when it was discovered that they actually were candy, but I suspect, that in short order, the dope boys would be using the candy dispenser as camoflage for their real dope packets. The similarity is just far too close. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:00:11 AM EDT
[#25]
When did crack become a "powdered drug"?
A little bit of sheeple fluffing goin on there? Cocaine doesn't sound dangerous enough, it gotta be CRACK OMGWTFBBQ!!1ONE!! |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:01:53 AM EDT
[#26]
Crack was powdered before it got rerocked. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:08:17 AM EDT
[#27]
I think some libtard "authorities" and parents have some sand in their vagina. What a crock of shit!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:09:41 AM EDT
[#28]
And the "kisses" look like LEROY JENKUM!!!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:12:30 AM EDT
[#29]
Yep, looks like a small package of Coke right down to the color of the bindle.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:18:16 AM EDT
[#30]
Why not ask the company to redesign the package in way that is not breathlessly inferring they are lovers of drugs? (Asswipe Phily PD) Might be in your companies best interest not to keep packaging it in a way that ends up with consumers of it wearing cuffs on the side of the road.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 10:19:11 AM EDT
[#31]
Aside from the logos and text on a bag of C&H powdered sugar, the damn thing could pass for a 1/2 Kilo of coke.
Better yank that shit too. Tic-Tacs should also be yanked since they look like pills... Don't even get me started on envelopes and stamps. They exist to glorify LSD use. |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 5:52:31 PM EDT
[#32]
 Crack was cocaine before it got rerocked. When you make crack you drop powdered cocaine into water and boil and if forms into a rock. |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 5:55:01 PM EDT
[#33]
I brought a ziploc bag of oregano to class one day as a visual aid for a presentation I was giving. I had three guys offer to buy it off me before I even got to the class. Shoulda sold it and told the prof that I forgot my visual aid.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 5:57:22 PM EDT
[#34]
+1 whomevers pocket i find those in (provided they're not in a box) would be in invetigative detention until i tested em. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:03:05 PM EDT
[#35]
So, who's getting pre-ban breath mints?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:21:28 PM EDT
[#36]
Even though now you're aware such a product exists, wrapped in a blue packet? |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:25:59 PM EDT
[#37]
yes, because prior to this product being released i was aware that dope is dealt in such packaging. Therefore since i cannot be sure what it is, wouldn't the prudent thing be to test it, and determine the owners guilt or innocence? Or is that too logical for the anti-cop crowd? |
|||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:27:04 PM EDT
[#38]
I figured snorting narcotics into one's nose might be a bad idea, but I betcha snorting that mint shit up your sniffer would send you reeling.
- BG EDIT:  What an awesome prank for druggies. "Bro, you want a bump?"
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:35:15 PM EDT
[#39]
I dunno mate, makes sense, but again now that you know such a product exists, I suppose you might make that judgment based on other indicators, and not just possession of the little blue packet that looks exactly like the mints on the internet, as well as well packaged cocaine or heroin. |
||||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:37:43 PM EDT
[#40]
Oh, of course everything is based on the totality of the situation, not just having a little blue packet in your pocket. however, as the FBI says "this might be a clu... cl... CLUE!" |
|||||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:38:58 PM EDT
[#41]
Where's the big stink over candy cigarettes?
Pixie Sticks? Do it for the children!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:40:35 PM EDT
[#42]
They way they designed that product it is pretty clear they were going for the drug look. White powder wrapped in a sealed baggy? Come on now. That was just a stupid idea and Hershey deserves whatever repercussions come about of it.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:42:54 PM EDT
[#43]
that would be a crime. Read up on the analogue act. It doesn't matter if its real drugs or not, if you sell it under the pretense of it being real drugs, you're still breaking the law. |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:43:27 PM EDT
[#44]
I always wondered why hits of acid looked like....hits of acid. Seems to me a good tradeoff to make the hits NOT look like hits, and take the PR/marketing impact of not having pretty little psychedelic designs. Not that a hit of acid is that hard to conceal, but it is weird. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:48:13 PM EDT
[#45]
Nice invention. I had been storing all of my drugs in sugar packets, but these look much more convenient for everyday use.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:49:24 PM EDT
[#46]
i bet the bags coke or meth come in dont dissolve when they contact moisture.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:51:55 PM EDT
[#47]
So if I sell my son's toy Uzi will I be prosecuted under NFA? What if I sell an AR15 but put a sticker on it that says "Full Auto, motherfucker"? Would the ATF charge me as though it were actually a machinegun? Oh wait, don't answer that - bad example.  |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:54:29 PM EDT
[#48]
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:55:19 PM EDT
[#49]
The tabs or the trips? 
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 12/4/2007 6:56:38 PM EDT
[#50]
a toy uzi or an ar15 arnt drugs, or being sold under the pretense of being drugs. This law is specific to drugs and "like substances." An energy drink was pulled from the shelfs becasue it was called "Cocaine." Its not right, but its the law Edited to add: The energy drink wasnt pulled just for being called "Cocaine" but because someone (courts? FDA? i dont remember) decided that language on the can amounted to marketing the energy drink as a "legal alternative to a controlled substance" |
||
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
