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dunno if this has been posted before... but... damn...

this is one where "think of the Children" would be appropriate.

Strawberry Quick (http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/candymeth.asp)

Aww.. I was hoping this was going to be about a Nesquick like product that can be used to make strawberry milk.

God, do I ever miss strawberry milk.

But yes, that is horrifying.

Despicable. Just plain despicable.:mad:

However, while colored versions of methamphetamine that resemble candy are certainly available, whether the drug is actually being sold in flavored versions remains a subject of some dispute. (Police labs don't generally test drugs for flavoring ingredients, so at least some of the seizures of colored meth may have prompted statements about "flavored" meth that were based solely on the drug's colorful appearance.)
Yo, Ted, come over and try some of this meth to see if it tastes like strawberries.

Yummy.

I, too, expected something with Strawberry Nesquick.

I, too, expected something with Strawberry Nesquick.

The article links to a picture of a can of it, but the can is like twenty years old. I don't think they make it anymore. :(

i think that people should talk to their children about the dangers of illegal drugs, not let them hang out with druggies and not worry that their kids are going to be seduced by a cute drug name.

if your kid is inclined to try illegal drugs, the name isnt going to make it more likely; if he's not, the name isnt going to trick him into doing it.

The article links to a picture of a can of it, but the can is like twenty years old. I don't think they make it anymore. :(

the stuff was disgusting.

every now and then ill smell the scent of it on some "strawberry" flavored product and it makes me feel a bit nauseous.

That's disgusting...:mad::(

If people want to drugs, whatever it is their body...but don't trick people, and kids, into taking drugs or getting hooked on drugs by telling them it's candy...:mad::mad:

the stuff was disgusting.

every now and then ill smell the scent of it on some "strawberry" flavored product and it makes me feel a bit nauseous.

I can buy already mixed strawberry milk and it's delicious. :D

But then I do like my milk products. Chocolate milk, strawberry milk, vanilla milk, banana milk (yes it's real and shut up I know it's a double entendre).. Everything except plain milk. I *hate* plain milk.

if your kid is inclined to try illegal drugs, the name isnt going to make it more likely; if he's not, the name isnt going to trick him into doing it.

I would be inclined to agree... however...

They are clling this new form of meth "Strawberry Quick" and it looks like the "Pop Rocks" candy that sizzle in your mouth. In it's current form, it is dark pink in color and has a strawberry scent to it. so it looks like candy, Smells like candy, tastes like strawberries, and who knows if it has the same effect as Pop Rocks?

I can buy already mixed strawberry milk and it's delicious. :D

But then I do like my milk products. Chocolate milk, strawberry milk, vanilla milk, banana milk (yes it's real and shut up I know it's a double entendre).. Everything except plain milk. I *hate* plain milk.

Duuuude.....I saw the banana milk powder shit in Wal-Mart....along with Bubble Gum and Cotton Candy flavoring for milk. That just seems...I dunno, a little TOO weird?

Have you tried soy products? They seem to lack that nastiness plain cow's milk seems to have.

This is such a new and early thing to be reported that chances are they're still miles off on how it's used or regarded within the meth 'community.' Right now it seems like that sort of Reefer Madness hysteria, jumping to the worst possible conclusion that the meth-heads haven't even thought of yet. It could be anything, maybe they use that method to hide their meth, or you know, just thought it'd be cool if it tasted good.

Or to sell it to kids. But I've never known tweakers to be that 'diabolical.' Not to say I'd trust them for a second, but that kind of operation just seems a little to forward and elaborate on their part.

I don't know, thankfully it's been a looooooooonnnnnnnnnggggggg time since I've had to spend very much time with tweakers, so maybe they've changed.

Duuuude.....I saw the banana milk powder shit in Wal-Mart....along with Bubble Gum and Cotton Candy flavoring for milk. That just seems...I dunno, a little TOO weird?

Was the brand "SipAhh"?!

Was the brand "SipAhh"?!

LMAO I'm honestly going to have to check the brand next time I'm in Walmart -- it DID have a really stupid name too. Something akin to "Magic Milk", I believe.

LMAO I'm honestly going to have to check the brand next time I'm in Walmart -- it DID have a really stupid name too. Something akin to "Magic Milk", I believe.

http://www.jelsert.com/products_Sipahh_ComingSoon.asp

It's quite awesome, and quite perverted.

Hehehe... clever stuff.

But yes. Evil.

http://www.jelsert.com/products_Sipahh_ComingSoon.asp

It's quite awesome, and quite perverted.

omfg...ew. Yeah, thankfully, the stuff I found was NesQuik-type powder in a tin.

Yo, Ted, come over and try some of this meth to see if it tastes like strawberries.

Great, now I have to go drain the rest of my soft drink from my sinuses. Thanks for making me laugh like that.

the stuff was disgusting.

every now and then ill smell the scent of it on some "strawberry" flavored product and it makes me feel a bit nauseous.

Exactly. Possibly why it is not sold anymore...

Sick shit. I would never try meth. Thats some sick shit. Watch the third season of Queer as Folk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262985/episodes#season-3) and see what happens to Teddy. (Pretty fucked up.)

Also really good anti-meth commericials:

Meth Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaB1So7rDzw&mode=related&search=)
Teenagers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WJdfqti3n8)

"Think of the children" indeed. The danger as I see it is that kids will find a stash of the stuff (parents for instance) and eat some of it because of the colour and artificial smell. To be honest, I don't think anyone would actually eat very much methamphetamine ... it's very bitter. All alkaloids are bitter.

Which brings me to the bit where I make fun of the warning announcement. "this is obviously an attempt to seduce children into drug use." It may in fact be, but I wouldn't say it was obvious. It could well be a raver thing, they're right into pretty colours and childlike stuff. I consider that self-delusion.

Have you tried soy products? They seem to lack that nastiness plain cow's milk seems to have.

Soy is just terrible. Nothing has improved on the common cow, for all the attempts. Also, soy forces your body to produce large amounts of estrogen and can basically turn male children "effeminate," if not outright homosexual. It's also not great for nutrition, if you notice the Japanese, who eat a lot of it. Soy is no joke. :(

http://www.jelsert.com/products_Sipahh_ComingSoon.asp

It's quite awesome, and quite perverted.

Yes, but at least it convinces kids to get some nutrition. ;)

They still make Strawberry Nesquik...my daughter likes it, though she prefers plain white milk.

Banana milk is good too, but I don't think I would buy bubblegum flavor for milk...that's just weird.

As for the meth...I agree that it probably ISN'T directly being made like that to market to children, but it certainly doesn't hurt the cause either.

Aww.. I was hoping this was going to be about a Nesquick like product that can be used to make strawberry milk.

God, do I ever miss strawberry milk.

But yes, that is horrifying.

The article links to a picture of a can of it, but the can is like twenty years old. I don't think they make it anymore. :(

They do, at least over here.

the stuff was disgusting.

every now and then ill smell the scent of it on some "strawberry" flavored product and it makes me feel a bit nauseous.

I loved Strawberry Quik as a kid. You can still get it in cartons, and Banana and Chocolate flavors as well.

http://www.verybestkids.com/nesquik/Products/Powder.aspx <-- see?

I loved Strawberry Quik as a kid. You can still get it in cartons, and Banana and Chocolate flavors as well.

The best one is vanilla. :)

so who is supposed to be making this extra-evil pink meth?

i thought that the meth market had all been moved to mexico since the states tightened up on the sale of psuedoephedren (or whatever the hell it is that makes it impossible for me to get a good anithistimine without waiting in line at the pharamacy) putting the US cookers out of business.

Sick shit. I would never try meth. Thats some sick shit. Watch the third season of Queer as Folk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262985/episodes#season-3) and see what happens to Teddy. (Pretty fucked up.)

Also really good anti-meth commericials:

Meth Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaB1So7rDzw&mode=related&search=)
Teenagers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WJdfqti3n8)

Why would anyone try meth?????????? The stuff is devil incarnate.

I loved Strawberry Quik as a kid. You can still get it in cartons, and Banana and Chocolate flavors as well.

http://www.verybestkids.com/nesquik/Products/Powder.aspx <-- see?

I would never give it to my kids. The stuff has way too much sugar in it. People wonder why there kids are fat and diabetic.

Sick shit. I would never try meth. Thats some sick shit. Watch the third season of Queer as Folk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262985/episodes#season-3) and see what happens to Teddy. (Pretty fucked up.)
Because television, and fictional television at that, is a 100% accurate and reliable source of handy information.
Also really good anti-meth commericials:

Meth Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaB1So7rDzw&mode=related&search=)
Teenagers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WJdfqti3n8)
I don't think anyone inclined to try it already is going to be particularly put off by public awareness adverts tbh.

If it's "Strawberry Quick", then why the fuck does the packaging have grapes on it?

Those drug dealers are fucking morons.

If it's "Strawberry Quick", then why the fuck does the packaging have grapes on it?

Those drug dealers are fucking morons.

Low intelligence on the part of drug dealers? Who'd have thunk it?

I would never give it to my kids. The stuff has way too much sugar in it. People wonder why there kids are fat and diabetic.

That's why Ovaltine is so much better. It's like Instant Breakfast, but cheaper.

Why would anyone try meth?????????? The stuff is devil incarnate.

You might as well ask why anyone would ever do anything even slightly risky...

Because television, and fictional television at that, is a 100% accurate and reliable source of handy information.

I don't think anyone inclined to try it already is going to be particularly put off by public awareness adverts tbh.

1) Yes because it was accrute to what happens in the (LGBT) community. (Meth fucking u over so bad that you don't know who's fucking u and increase chance of getting AIDS).
http://www.stopdrugs.org/gaycommunity.html
2) I hope people would.

That's why Ovaltine is so much better. It's like Instant Breakfast, but cheaper.
Anything with cow's milk is pretty bad for u. I drink milk but I try not to drink too much of it but I don't advocate veganism.

You might as well ask why anyone would ever do anything even slightly risky...

I'm not against Marijauna, Mushrooom or minor drugs but heavy shit like Crack, Meth, Herion are deadly. Drugs like anything else should be used in moderation and not used to numb the shit out of ya.

More Anti Meth Commercials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EMwfXqOG3k&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EMwfXqOG3k&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJTe2VT86M&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxNH6zNR20Q&mode=related&search=

That's why Ovaltine is so much better. It's like Instant Breakfast, but cheaper.

ovaltine is full of sugar too, and has red dye#40 in it as well.

the milk mix-ins are full of sugar, true, but if it's the only way to get milk into them (or other appropriate calcium product) then it's fine in moderation.

My oldest has a very healthy diet, she is essentially underweight, so I let her have chocolate milk. If she was eating McCrappers every day, and other unhealthy things, then I would worry. She eats veggies, several different meats, quality carbs, etc. I don't keep cookies or cake or sweets in the house, so chocolate milk is her treat.

"Think of the children" indeed. The danger as I see it is that kids will find a stash of the stuff (parents for instance) and eat some of it because of the colour and artificial smell. To be honest, I don't think anyone would actually eat very much methamphetamine ... it's very bitter. All alkaloids are bitter. you did read the part about it tasting like strawberries...

also add to that the growing popularity of bitter and sour candies and food among children and the fact that something is "bitter" isn't much of a deterrant.

so who is supposed to be making this extra-evil pink meth?

i thought that the meth market had all been moved to mexico since the states tightened up on the sale of psuedoephedren (or whatever the hell it is that makes it impossible for me to get a good anithistimine without waiting in line at the pharamacy) putting the US cookers out of business.the law just makes it harder to get. it doesn't stop them from getting the ingrediants, just makes it harder.

That's disgusting...:mad::(

If people want to drugs, whatever it is their body...but don't trick people, and kids, into taking drugs or getting hooked on drugs by telling them it's candy...:mad::mad:

Drugs are obviously a threat to free will, yes its your choice but only the first time, after that the drug takes control. And now they're tricking people into trying it which makes them less mentally free because once they take it their reduced to idiotic junkies whose only thought is "I want more".

Drugs are obviously a threat to free will, yes its your choice but only the first time, after that the drug takes control. And now they're tricking people into trying it which makes them less mentally free because once they take it their reduced to idiotic junkies whose only thought is "I want more".

Nonsense.

I can quit any time I want. :)

The article links to a picture of a can of it, but the can is like twenty years old. I don't think they make it anymore. :(
It's sold in my supermarket, they varied the name to 'strawberry nesquik' (or some such) a number of years ago in conjunction with an attempt to update their marketing/branding.

also add to that the growing popularity of bitter and sour candies and food among children and the fact that something is "bitter" isn't much of a deterrant.


Speaking from experience - Amphetamines do not taste like something you should be putting into your mouth. There's no tricking anyone that they're eating "candy".

Drugs are obviously a threat to free will, yes its your choice but only the first time, after that the drug takes control. And now they're tricking people into trying it which makes them less mentally free because once they take it their reduced to idiotic junkies whose only thought is "I want more".

I have tried meth once, the only thing that happened to me from that experience was being pissed that I got meth instead of MDMA and realizing that I don't like it. I didn't become a hopeless addict, in fact that opposite occurred and I've tried to avoid getting anything laced with meth (hard to do because of their illegal nature, there is no regulatory body on what can be pressed into illicit pills).

Soy is just terrible. Nothing has improved on the common cow, for all the attempts. Also, soy forces your body to produce large amounts of estrogen and can basically turn male children "effeminate," if not outright homosexual. It's also not great for nutrition, if you notice the Japanese, who eat a lot of it. Soy is no joke. :(
Wow...

So, soy milk turns people into homosexuals...

Wow...

So, soy milk turns people into homosexuals...

"Huh-yuck! Damn tofu eatin' faggots!"

Speaking from experience - Amphetamines do not taste like something you should be putting into your mouth. There's no tricking anyone that they're eating "candy".

under normal circumstances. yes.

but explain these quotes from the article.

Origins: This warning about sweetened and flavored forms of methamphetamines...

(It seems more likely that such factors, if present, are manufacturing erros, attempts at creating superficial "Brand" distictions, or simply ways of trying to combat the substance's bitter taste)

in Aprill 2007, U.S. Senators Feinstein and Grassley introduced legislation aimed at increasing the criminal penalties for anyone who markets or makes candy-flavored drugs...

which indicates that there are those out there attempting, if not succeeding, to at least, flavor the drug to either remove or mask the "bitter" taste.

Can you show any proof that any attempts at flavoring methamphetamines failed? or that they are not doing such things?

under normal circumstances. yes.

but explain these quotes from the article.







which indicates that there are those out there attempting, if not succeeding, to at least, flavor the drug to either remove or mask the "bitter" taste.

Can you show any proof that any attempts at flavoring methamphetamines failed? or that they are not doing such things?

No I can't, but I would've thought commercial pharmaceutical manufacturers would already have attempted to disguise the disgusting taste of most tablets if it were at all possible. ;)

I suppose if you made an ecstasy tablet 90% sugar (for example) it wouldn't taste AS bad, even though it would be as big as a horse pill for an equivalent dose. What's especially confusing me about this though is this: Why market drugs to children in the first place? How's little 9 year old Johnny going to pay to feed his addiction anyway? I earnt $5 a week in pocket money when I was that age. I'd have to save up for a month to buy a gram of weed, let alone harder shit. I don't think children turning into seasoned burglars and muggers to raise cash is much of a possibility either...how many kids are remotely interested in the idea?

"Huh-yuck! Damn tofu eatin' faggots!"

Um....WTF is that all about???

I'm gay and I take ofensive to that.

Wow...

So, soy milk turns people into homosexuals...

I've heard it said, but you'd really need to ask a scientist. ;)

What isn't in dispute is that soy messes with your body's estrogen levels, which may affect babies somehow.

Um....WTF is that all about???

I'm gay and I take ofensive to that.

I agree, that was uncalled for.

There's a difference between noting scientific studies on gender and sexual orientation, and using it to make bigotted comments. Shame. :(

No I can't, but I would've thought commercial pharmaceutical manufacturers would already have attempted to disguise the disgusting taste of most tablets if it were at all possible. ;)usually they disguise the pills taste with a powder that is ment to make the pill "slide down the throat" easily. of course that powder itself is pretty tasteless and slightly on the bitter side.

I suppose if you made an ecstasy tablet 90% sugar (for example) it wouldn't taste AS bad, even though it would be as big as a horse pill for an equivalent dose. What's especially confusing me about this though is this: Why market drugs to children in the first place? How's little 9 year old Johnny going to pay to feed his addiction anyway? I earnt $5 a week in pocket money when I was that age. I'd have to save up for a month to buy a gram of weed, let alone harder shit. I don't think children turning into seasoned burglars and muggers to raise cash is much of a possibility either...how many kids are remotely interested in the idea?well, the article did make mention that such a product may NOT be targetting children.

but IF it were, you have kids and teens who will be willing to do anything to get their fix. and some people have no qualms letting minors commit crimes because they know that the justice system will tend to be more lenient on kids and minors.

payment doesn't have to be in cash. it can be in services.
"hey kid. take this package to this address and give it to Mr. Biggs. then he'll give you more 'candy' for your hard work."

as many people said, who's gonna suspect a minor with a school backpack?