Cocaine Energy Drink: Difference between revisions

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'''The Incident:''' The FDA raided our offices on Feb 14th, 2007. The FDA issued a warning letter to us April 4th, 2007. The drink was pulled from store shelves. <P>
'''The Incident:''' The FDA raided our offices on Feb 14th, 2007. The FDA issued a warning letter to us April 4th, 2007. The drink was pulled from store shelves. <P>


'''Results of Incident:''' Fearing the threat of civil fines and criminal jail time, they changed the name of the drink, marketing it as ''No Name'' until they won the right to use the name through the legal process. The product is again being marketed as ''Cocaine'' and contains the warning label: "WARNING: This message is for the people who are too stupid to recognize the obvious. This product does not contain cocaine. This product is not intended to be an alternative to an illicit street drug, and anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot."<P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Fearing the threat of civil fines and criminal jail time, we changed the name of the drink, marketing it as ''No Name'' until we won the right to use the name through the legal process. The product is again being marketed as ''Cocaine'' and contains the warning label: "WARNING: This message is for the people who are too stupid to recognize the obvious. This product does not contain cocaine. This product is not intended to be an alternative to an illicit street drug, and anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot."<P>


'''Source:''' James Thomas Kirby, founder of Redux Beverages and inventor of the product; Wikipedia.
'''Source:''' James Thomas Kirby, founder of Redux Beverages and inventor of the product; Wikipedia.
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