Pot-flavored pops upset lawmakers

[Chauga]

Raspberry, butterscotch, sour apple . . . and pot?

Marijuana-flavored lollipops may seem an unlikely product, but sugary treats with weed-inspired flavors such as Purple Haze, Acapulco Gold and Rasta are appearing on the shelves of convenience stores and smoke shops nationwide.

Marketers call them a harmless novelty. Anti-drug advocates say the candies encourage people, particularly teens and young children, to smoke pot.

"This kind of thing is reprehensible," said state Sen. Vincent Fort, an Atlanta lawmaker who has organized demonstrations against the candy. "It's nothing but dope candy, and that's nothing we need to be training our children to do."


http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0605/19potcandy.html

[malmapus]

1. EEWWWW

lol smoked pot before but not for the taste, I can't even imagine a pot flavored pop. *bleh*

[pinkpops]

4. for sure

[Zhade]

25. I'm sayin'!

If anything, the flavor would DISCOURAGE people who haven't smoked before.

[dissent1977]

26. I had a hemp lollipop before...

It tasted fine, but it was not meant to taste like marijuana in any way.

[tridim]

30. I take it you've never smelled high quality pot before it's harvested?

It smells incredible and very fruity.. Uhhh.. or so I'm told.

[malmapus]

41. lol nope, only the end result as found in Washington Square park

NYC or Ft. Bragg, NC hehe

[pinkpops]

2. These same lawmakrs probably don't think toy guns send the

wrong message, I suppose.

[tx_dem41]

12. We don't know that.

The article doesn't address that issue.

[dissent1977]

31. What we do know though...

Is that these lawmakers have nothing better to worry about than the message sent by a lollipop. :eyes:

[tx_dem41]

35. We actually don't even know that....

since we don't know what other issues these politicians work on and how much time they put into them compared to this one.

See, we just don't much at all from one article in a newspaper. We just like to pretend we do.

[dissent1977]

43. Maybe they do work on other issues...

But when they actually take the time to organize demonstrations against lollipops they clearly do not have their priorities in order.

[tx_dem41]

48. In the city I live in, many minority, liberal politicians do this sort of

...activism because they see what the abuse of alcohol and drugs are doing to their neighborhoods and they desperately want to try anything to break the cycle occurring in the next generation.

This isn't a liberal/conservative thing necessarily.

[dissent1977]

50. Unfortunately, you are right about that

We have far too many anti-drug zealots in both parties. This issue is one of those issues that shows that Americans lack a real choice when they go to the polls. They can vote for the guy who wants to throw people in prison for smoking a joint, or they can vote for the guy who wants to execute pot smokers.

I have known of Republicans who have supported legalization, and I have known of Democrats who have supported legalization. But unfortunately those are the exceptions, and the general rule is both parties support draconian prison sentences. Don't they realize that alcohol has done far more damage to our communities than pot ever will?

[Zhade]

52. They're willing to lie about a beneficial plant like marijuana...

...of course they refuse to realize it, or at least admit they do.

[tx_dem41]

54. I said abuse of alcohol and marijuana...

and I'm not talking about the politicians in the article. I'm talking about politicians in my area.

You're blinded by your own little agenda, to even carry on a salient discussion about an issue. Have fun.

[Zhade]

55. What the fuck are you talking about?

"Agenda"? I'm sorry, do you have some ability to read my mind to divine what's not in my posts?

You replied to the wrong person, I think.

[tx_dem41]

56. No, I was responding to the person who read the mind of the local...

politicians that I referred to. You have the divining skills. Instead of addressing what I brought up (which has directly to do with a similar situation as told in the OP), you recite generic statements about what you assume these specific politicians think.

[Zhade]

59. I didn't do what you're saying I did.

I never mentioned word one about what any politician thinks. I merely pointed out that politicians are willing to and do lie about marijuana.

[dissent1977]

60. No one claimed to have read the mind of anyone

What I said, and what others have been saying is that these politicians are wasting time going after lollipops when there are real issues that are much more important.

The reality is pot has never killed a single person directly, that has nothing to do with my agenda that is a fact. Yet these politicians are decrying lollipops that supposedly taste like pot, and for what? What possible harm could these lollipops do to anyone besides possibly give them cavities?

I don't pretend to know these politicians inside and out, but any time I see any politician Republican, Democrat, independent, or third party get up on their soap box to talk about the harms of marijuana I shudder. There are so many worse drugs out there, and to put so much effort into fighting a mild drug like marijuana is a waste of time. And don't even get my started on how prison and an arrest record can destroy people's lives a hell of a lot more than a joint can.

[Zhade]

63. Excellent post.

The only agenda I, and I suspect you, have is the truth.

[havocmom]

3. So, how do they feel about Jack Daniels Fry Sauce & candy chewing tobacco?

Yeah, thought so...

[tsuki]

5. Well, watch TeeVee. We are training the population to do 'dope.'

Where is the outrage?

[Zhade]

34. Television IS dope.

Which I guess makes me a dealer, since I work in broadcasting...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Yuk!

Who'd want 'em? Pot tastes like rotting hay.

:puke:

[malmapus]

10. lol with you there!

hrmm rotting hay, never thought of that lol I was trying to remember the taste myself and place it :D

[dissent1977]

14. It is not that it tastes bad...

It is that I don't see how you could possibly make a sugary snack flavored like smoke. I would probably try one if someone offered it to me, but I seriously doubt that it tastes anything like pot.

That is kind of beside the point though. The real issue is why the hell do these politicians care? Don't they have better things to worry about than the flavor of a lollipop?

[Zhade]

32. It's just more "War on Some Drugs" propaganda.

They ALWAYS have time to demonize a beneficial plant like marijuana - and, to their eternal shame, many Dem politicans do the same.

[Fridays Child]

7. Marijuana incense would be nice.

I never liked the effect of marijuana but I always loved the aroma.

[HeeBGBz]

11. I love the smell of fresh ganja

That kinda Christmas tree smell.

[MountainLaurel]

29. Try burning sage

It smells a lot like the wacky tabacky, as any neopagan worth their salt could tell you.

[The Doctor.]

8. Dude! I just had the best chicken-flavored popsicle...

I'm gonna go smoke a Chicken now!

[Zhade]

33. HAHAHAHA!

:rofl:

That was great. *wipes tears from eyes*

Btw: chicken-flavored popsicle = :puke: :crazy:

[unhappycamper]

9. Tell ya what, Vinny. Cancel all the ROTC programs in GA that teach

our kids to kill, and I will gladly help you stomp on those motherfuckers who are teaching our kids bad things. Deal?

(Sad to say, but I doubt Vinny could see the irony.)

[Zhade]

36. Not, of course, that these pops teach anything at all.

And, of course, marijuana is not a "bad thing".

:)

[Freedomfried]

13. What about the crack pipes in the 7-11 stores?

The little glass tubes with the flowers in them?

[jmowreader]

64. Or worse: Blunt Wrappers!

Yeah, man. You can go to your local convenience store and buy a pack of Blunt Wraps--sheets of flavored wrapper tobacco, just perfect for "rolling your own short-filler cigars."

Most of these "short-filler cigars" are filled with marijuana.

I did a quick search online for this product. Most of the pages about the legal aspects of this product center on the fact that "children can get addicted to tobacco very easily, and since this is a product that comes in fun flavors children will want to smoke homemade cigars made from these so we must restrict sales to those 18 and older." Yeah, right. I found exactly one page that suggests anyone in the law enforcement community knows you can roll big joints with these things.

[DBoon]

15. So if I suck on one of these lollipops

will I immediately order a large pizza, delivered immediately?

[stepnw1f]

18. No Man.... You'll Go To Christian Hell

These assholes care more about pot flavored pops, than soldiers being exposed by Depleted Uranium.

[DBoon]

16. What next, peyote flavored ice cream?

nt

[Zhade]

37. Ben and Jerry's "Peyote Passion"...

:D

[atommom]

17. How about tobacco-flavored pops?

Sounds just as bad. Has anyone here tried a pot-flavored pop, so they can report back on the taste? It just doesn't sound like a good flavor to make into a hard candy. :P (Brownies, maybe.)

[stepnw1f]

19. I Remembered Seeing Beef Flavored Gum

And guns in Walmart.

[dissent1977]

22. Beef flavored gum?

All I have to say is:puke: :puke: :puke:

[katsy]

20. Yeah...

but it's okay to use experimental aids drugs on orphans... okay to test pesticides on 2 year olds (poor 2-year olds that is)... and okay to pollute the environment with mercury.

Gee what can I say vincent?

How about PHUCK YOU.

[Zhade]

38. THANK you.

The hypocrisy (and lies and propaganda) regarding marijuana is sickening.

[katsy]

58. that's the gop all right...

the party of hypocrisy whether their policies relate to:

war
terror
patriotism
religion
birth
death
science
welfare
drugs
war profits
morals
energy
education
foreign leaders/events
social security
the courts

You name it and these bastards are the most evil, hypocritical, criminal phucks in the universe. US foreign policies under the gop has created EVERY terrorist. I don't fear terrorists as much as I fear the gop. There's more to pity in a terrorists character than any gop leader.

That's why the Dems can put forth attila the hun for a nominee in any election... and I'll vote for him/her with a smile. No exception... NONE. The only time I criticize a Dem leader is when that Dem leader is criticizing his own party. I'll take the worst Dem over the most liberal gop and damn voting for the "person".


:rant:

I'm sorry for this rant, and more sorry that I mean every bloody word.

[dissent1977]

21. There are all kinds of foods made from hemp...

Cookies, breads, candy, granola, soda, the list goes on. Some of it is quite good, and hemp seeds are actually quite nutritious. I say we need more foods that use hemp in their production.

[Zhade]

39. Don't forget about hempseed oil...which could also help replace petroleum.

But then, the FDA and DEA have cracked down on hemp foods before (idiots, the THC content is virtually nil).

[dissent1977]

47. Not just hemp seed oil

There is paper, fabric, building materials, and much much more that can be made with hemp. And you are right there is virtually no THC in hemp, so there is no logical reason to oppose it. Being opposed to hemp is kind of like being opposed to corn.

[Zhade]

51. Indeed, indeed.

NT!

[mongo]

23. Sounds awful

Whats next? Bongwater flavored water? mmmmm...

[dissent1977]

24. All right I could handle pot-flavored lollipops...

But bong flavored water? :puke: :puke:

[mongo]

27. Ah. The voice of experience!

:hippie:

But really, does ANYONE smoke pot for the taste?

[dissent1977]

28. There are probably more than you think

Of course for most of them the taste is not the only reason, but they do enjoy the taste. However, probably most of them would not get too excited about pot flavored lollipops.

[Zhade]

40. Let's just say, yeah, it's not so tasty.

Made that mistake once, never again (of course, that was way back, Mr. Attorney General!).

[thatgemguy]

49. Bong flavored water...

with crunchies???

[mongo]

57. eeeeewwwwww!

[Pepperbelly]

42. the fact that there is such a market should speak to the evil ...

legislators who ignore the voice and common sense of the people.

Fuck this dumb-ass Georgia legislator. He should go to church or something.

[janx]

44. "dope candy"

:rofl:

[ooglymoogly]

45. give em chocolate cigs fer chris sake

[dissent1977]

46. I remember when I was a kid...

There were candy cigarettes sold at practically every store. The package they came in even looked almost like a real cigarette box. I don't think they are sold anymore, because it was an obvious attempt to market tobacco to children.

This is very different though. A lollipop does not represent marijuana in any way. Just look at all the foods that are cooked in alcohol, which are perfectly legal to serve to children. These politicians are just wasting their time.

[Deja Q]

53. What next, TV hypnotizes people into trying pot too?

:eyes:

Pot flavored lollipops seems, well, dumb, just for the principle of it. May as well have smog flavored tootsie rolls in states that have a low pollution content so they can feel right at home when they're away from their native high pollution ones...

[astral]

61. . . .

well, as to how pot tastes, it really depends on if you're smoking skunkweed (good) or shake (bad= about as likely to getcha high as smoking hay.)

'Twas many, many moons ago . . . .

I like the smell myself but not the effect. Sage, nice strong sweet pungent sage, doesn't really smell LIKe pot, but people who don't know pot will mistake the smell and look at you sideways, and people who used to smoke pot but had to quit don't like it because it makes them wish they had some.

[cestpaspossible]

62. I had some delicious indica spongecake

in Amsterdam once...