People Seriously Buy This Stuff?

Drugs are a huge epidemic. They ruin lives and families. This is not news to any of us. With this in mind, people have decided to make ridiculous products that glamorize illegal drug use by selling look-a-likes they like to call "legal" versions of the illicit drugs.

The website's target audience is computer geeks. How old are a lot of computer nerds or when do people first become computer nerds? Right, when they are teenagers.

"Blow"

"The Blow Energy Drink Mix Vial is a great way to caffeinate anything - drop
one vial into 16 ounces of your favorite beverage and enjoy with a friend. This
is strong stuff!"

Yeah...show your friends how stupid...oops, I mean cool... you are with "Blow".

Ruin their life too.

The official Blow website's homepage features scantily-clad model-thin girls and annoying music you can't turn off. "Get Blow" on the side bar pulsates and glows so it is noticeable. Blow is sold with a mirror and a fake credit card for cutting...even though this is a drink mix like Kool Aid.

The merchandise is sold in vials in "bricks". Get it? So clever...and cute as is comes with stickers and temporary tattoos. Also featured are Stash Box Sampler's Packs, "Recreational User Packs", and the "Master Case" which is "the Fiender's Hook-Up". VIP cards (gift cards) that can be personalized with youth own are also offered.

This stuff on the official website is marketed to young girls.

Yeah, Cocaine: the legal stuff.

"The Cocaine 8.4 oz. Energy Drink Can has returned under a new label: "Insert Name Here:". This is the same drink that was loved and loathed - it debuted to much notoriety (and caused much anxiety in the FDA... society?...) and quickly became a media sensation.

Undeniably, the drink provides an impressive energy boost and has an interesting flavor unlike other energy drinks out there. Frankly, we all feel it tastes like Atomic FireBall Candy... in liquid form. The drink is 3 and half times as powerful as Red Bull® Energy drink with a Caffeine content of a staggering 280mg! Note: Currently, cans are repackaged with a plastic label that hides the original Cocaine label underneath - small cut at the seal will with a knife or scissors will let you see the old label. Eventually the new label will be printed on the can.

Cocaine was banned in schools, stores, communities and eventually by the FDA itself - all due to its provocative name, the beverage itself is harmless, though its caffeine levels, like coffee, make it unrecommended for pregnant women, children and those who are overly sensitive to caffeine."

Cocaine's official website encourages young people to market theirproduct by offering assistance with college tuition to those who do the best job pushing the stuff. Young people are also encouraged to take pictures themselves with cans of the drink. There is a pic of an adult male with two young kids (maybe 8-ears-old). Protective services anyone?

They mention that the state of Texas has banned the drink (YES! GOOD!) and give "users" advise on how to keep the stuff on the market.

Youth can also become members, like on MySpace. There are kids there who are maybe no older than 14 who are members.

They do sell Cocaine merchandise people can purchase. There is also a little blurb at the bottom of their home page called "You are what you do" that is a video about celebrities who have died from drug use. In my opinion, this is simply not enough. Where is the responsibility?

This Meth product is coffee.

"Meth Coffee descibes their product perfectly.....

'Mental clarity!

Mind-altering euphoria!

Nail your ass to the chair with Meth Coffee, a smooth, rich roast supercharged with maximum caffeine and dusted with yerba mate, a powerful natural stimulant kept secret by shamans of the Amazon until now.

This vibrationical catalyst for upstarts, earthquakes, and brain shifts is roasted for you by a master druggist, bionical brain chemist, and coffee viscologist within hours of receiving your order to guarantee maximum potency.'

E-Z re-sealable interlock bag keeps product fresh for repeated consumption."

This is disgusting... And it is also a rip-off at $14.00 a bag for some cheap crap in a metallic bag. Meth is a huge problem in the state I live. It has devasted so many lives of people I know. On top of it all, the website that sells this stuff features a promotional video.

The Meth Coffee website allows one to become an "affiliate or dealer". Seriously! The pictures on their site show people in work attire made up to look like meth addicts--like it's a cool thing. One can even buy Meth Coffee merchandise. Who would wear that?

Here is their message to dealers: " Easy access. Price savings. Everything you wanted in a drug. Meth Coffee offers a great way for you to help your favorite customers get high and stay high! Just grab a form, fill it out, and you've scored access to the Meth Coffee Dealer Network's freebies, referrals, and more! See details below." The background picture is a needle full of something being injected by a user into their own body.

Let's not forget about the affiliates: "Seeking Meth Coffee lovers with megapromotional PR prowess and powerful web publishing skills. If you have a web site and the gift of persuasion, why not profit from it? Become one of my affiliates, and I will pay you 12.5% of the gross sales* on every customer you send my way that pays." The image on this page is a person showing their product off over a purple velur cloth.

All of us who care need to write, call, etc. to the makers of the product and those who sell it. Maybe they have had perfect lives and have not experienced the negative effects of the real, illegal drugs they are marketing as the legal version in their own lives or those they care about.