NEW DRUG HITS THE MARKET - CANDY FLAVORED COCAINE!!!


 







April 21, 2008. (AP) New forms of synthetically sweetened cocaine has been discovered in California by federal drug agents who hope to stop its development before it becomes available to other parts of the nation.

Drug agents said the new product was more sophisticated than previous forms that attempted to mix cocaine with powdered candy.

The previous form was cut with extra flavoring, thus making it less potent, but the amount seized last week was full-strength, investigators say. Flavors included strawberry, coconut, lemon and cinnamon.

Drug Enforcement Agents discovered the 1.5 pounds of synthetically sweetened cocaine in two homes in Modesto, Calif. The drugs would earn $1,100 to $1,400 an ounce on the street, compared to regular cocaine, which sells for $600 to $700 an ounce, they said.

Gordon Taylor, the DEA’s assistant special agent in charge of the investigation, said the possibility of a candy-flavored cocaine epidemic would be extremely dangerous to children and teenagers. He said that law enforcement agencies must work with each other to end any attempt to expand the drug in other markets.

“Attempting to lure new, younger customers to a dangerous drug by adding candy flavors is an unconscionable marketing technique,” Taylor said.

Dealers of powder and rock cocaine have used other methods such as dying the drug in order to conceal it for transport. In February, Police in Virginia arrested a New Jersey man who possessed 4.5 pounds of cocaine concealed in lollipop, chocolate and toffee wrappers.

However, last month’s discovery of a new strain of flavored cocaine is reportedly the first in the nation.

Last year, strawberry-flavored methamphetamines were discovered reaching from California to as far as Virginia.

“Meth has sort of a bitter, nasty taste, so it’s kind of easy for the young kids to get into this,” said Henry Spiller, director of the Kentucky Regional Poison Center in Louisville. “It’s an effort to make meth more appealing.”

An undercover narcotics officer in Benton County, Ark. Said that flavored meth seemed to move quickly across the US.

“It seems like everyone we run into knows someone that has at least been affected by it,” he said.

“Unfortunately, I’ve seen a lot of young people, from teenagers to 20-somethings, doing the drug. It's definitely something that’s real dangerous.”

Psychologist Sean O’Hara is an addictive-diseases specialist in San Diego. He said that not only do the drugs attract children, they also tend to make them believe they are less dangerous.

“They think if they’re getting something that has color in it or is sweet to the taste because it’s been cut with sugar or Jell-O and had other chemicals added to it ... it seems like it’s a less-threatening drug,” O’Hara said.

Authorities are urging parents to watch closely for any sign of the new drugs.

“If parents see a colored powder or sweet-smelling powder not in a factory package, I would pay real close attention to it,” said Hatfield of the Cathedral City police.

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COMMENTS:

    IndianapolisIndiana
    1st
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    Goodbye bad days,Hello good nights

    IndianapolisIndiana
    dont beleive that
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    Goodbye bad days,Hello good nights

    manderson
    WOW!!
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    ma most precious gift!

    huhduh10
    third
     

    huhduh10
    damn
     

    luvmylife
    damn this [EXPLETIVE] aint never gone be off the streets now
     

    Northjerseynik
    IS THIS FIEND TESTED/FIEND APPROVED?!? I'll need to research this further. Let me hit the block and find out. Stay tuned people.
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    My World/My Way

    louisianaboi
    THATS FUNNY
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    zebrahead
    It is...LOL
     

    babybro_901
    THIS IS OLD NEWS....MTO!!!!! THIS SHYT HAS BEEN OUT FOR A MIN NOW!!! I HATE IT FOR OUR GENERATION!!!!! THIS IS JUS AN EASIER WAY FOR OUR KIDS TO GET HOOKED!!!!! DAMN!!!!! SUMTIMES I HATE BEING A 80'S BABY!!!!
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    * I WANT MY 40 ACRES AND A MULE, BITCH!*

    Hustleman4
    You don't eat cocaine so why would the flavor make a difference?
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    Mmmmm...Cupcakes!!!

    Deja_honey
    DAmn shame!
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    Goodhope247
    If you sniffing it why does it need to be flavored? Oh i guess for those who use a crack pipe?
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    problemcounselor
    "Just like Candy, I can feel it when I walk, even when I talk, It takes over me." Problems, Problem, Problems. Counseling is needed.....but first seek Jesus.

    P.S. Great advertising MTO to the community that may frequently read your articles.
     

    HarlemHustle
    Damn. That's crazy.
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    THE GAME IS THE GAME....ALWAYS!!!

    huhduh10
    kids please don't accept and form of cany from stangers .
     

    Jensanbelle
    That is tragic.
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    Akon ft Michael Jackson"HoldmyHands

    MultipleOrgazmDonor
    SMART IDEA (THE GOVMENT...GETTIN SMARTER...LOL)
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    jUST sHUT uP aND dRIVE!!!!!

    STLz_Finest_Toy
    @babybro
    Me too...This ahs to stop....
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    What a Wonderful Lie!

    mightyc42
    You people that are laughing at this and saying that this is funny are stupid as hell.

    this aint funny. this is sick, this candy flavored cocaine is aimed at our children!

    STOP THINKING THAT THIS IS A JOKE!
     

    cNinja
    THIS MUST BE WHAT LIL WAYNE IS TALKIN BOUT IN THE SONG "LOLLIE POP"!! FIRST "WHITE GIRL" NOW THIS.....GOOD LAAWD.....
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    retarded comments turn me off from MTO

    SweetyC187
    yall are LAAAAATTTTTEEEEE!!!! i heard about this months ago
     

    doubleyblessed
    This is crazy and serious. Someone is coming after our children people We need to watch this closely. Ray Ray and them hopefully wouldn't give it to a child.
     

    Business
    Who concocted this?

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    DanteEpic
    Talk about sweet hang-over!

    Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol. Cocaine! - Queens of the Stone Age!
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    SEXYREDDHTOWN59BHB
    is it dat crucial
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    ur opinion means nothing to me

    MiamiRattler08
    They'll be PopRocks, don't let your kids eat PopRocks...
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    Wanna see my gun? Her name‘s Tina.

    AskSomebody
    Just say no to it all.
     

    Bunifa
    LOL thats some expensive cotton candy
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    Bunifa Latifah Halifah Sharifa Jackson

    beautifully_tia
    if this is true, then all i can say is WOW.

    wow.
     

    GAGYRL27
    That is a shame, but if the people who come up with this stuff and run these sophisticated drug operations ( or any illegal op for that matter ) would take the brains and talent ( because lets face it- it does take brains and talent for organized crime) that they are using for these senseless organizations and apply it to more constructive things, like getting an education, opening up your business legally, and being productive- the world would be better off.
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    You don‘t define me or my happines

    Subliminal2
    Dejay honey sure looks fine, hey ma you got somewhere i can stay? List of things i do well... I can make a home out of a box
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    You Got Problems? Ask A Homeless

    Lyle
    I dont get it....

    now nuccas are eating coke???

    are is it when its smoked it taste good???

    yep this is apart of the recession mark my words there will be alot of new drugs targeted to the next generartion...
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    if you cant say it in my face!!!

    lowerlevel82
    i don't want that [EXPLETIVE] in my nose
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    beautifulb
    good lord they are soo slow...you betta watch out for those LOLLIPOPS!!!!
     

    cinnamonginger
    See this sh*t right here...smh

    @louisianaboi...r u serious? Sweetie...u need Jesus!! And that goes for anyone else who thinks this is funny. Yeah...laugh when your sitting in the hospital with ya kid cause you let him/her eat some powdered candy you brought from the store...and come to find out they done damn near overdosed...AIDS isn't he only EPIDEMIC...ruining this country or its young folk...get it together!!!
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    beautifulb
    @CNINJA

    I KNEW SOMEONE ELSE KNEW ABOUT THIS [EXPLETIVE]!!!LOL
     

    2MuchSwagg4U
    This is ridiculous... if it ain't trying to get rich quick its the drugs. I'm young but the generation beneath me is in serious trouble... I think this whole war on drugs needs to take a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH!!!
     

    beautifulb
    IT AIN'T GONE EVER BE OFF THE STREETS AS LONG AS THEY KEEP LETTING ALL THESE FOREIGNERS IN AND PLUS ITS BIG BUSINESS FOR ALOT OF THESE CROOKED PEOPLE AT THE TOP....PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR GANGSTER MOVIES(READ BETWEEN THE LINES)
     

    DiamondsinMD
    Even Though MTO Is Late On Reporting This-

    I will Inform Everyone That Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston And Flavor Flav Has Already Made Their Down Payments And Has Reserved About 10 Kilos A Peice For This Exclusive Candy Cane.
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    In Order To Receive Then U Need To Give

    Lyle
    its never going to be on the streets because with out it... who's going to benefits once blacks and latino's actually go to achool and be productive citizens...

    our communities would be safe but they give a [EXPLETIVE] about that...

    what they care about is these big corporation investing in these prisons and paying former drug dealers/addicts 7 cents a day (less than 3rd world countries) to do [EXPLETIVE] that the average person that make at least 40 k a year to do...


    and this candy [EXPLETIVE] is definetly aimed at the Poor youth...

    this is for the new generation of crack heads...
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    if you cant say it in my face!!!

    mightyc42
    @Lyle

    I dont know if it is targetted at POOR youths.

    reason why: cocaine is not the drug of choice for poor people, second this "candy" cost more double that of normal Coke.
     

    jlew911
    This was only a matter of time.

    Where there's a will, there's a way
     

    louisiana1-4life
    @ReggieDaRapist

    Why would I want to listen to that shyt!! Dayumm!!
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    I got HIGH as fucc, last night!

    MISSTHOMAS33
    YOU GUYS ARE F U C K I N LATE THIS BEEN OUT FOR OVER THREE MONTHS.... AHA HA AND YOU GUYS ARE POSED TA BE THE FIRST TA HAVE THE GOSSIP... MA ASS
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    spoo_nisha
    CraCKHEADS DON'T GIVE A FUK IF IT TASTE LIKE CANDY ALL THEY WANT IS A HIGH.
     

    JEUCE
    how much for an 8ball of coconut? -- LMBAO
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    opinions r like @$$holes, errbody got 1

    Danga1181
    LMAO....don't lie, I done know some of ya'll wanna try it.
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    It‘s hard being this pretty

    letchosooooulglo
    i want to try it before they crack down on it too hard! sounds tasty! hell yeah! rock and roll!
     

    letchosooooulglo
    all u ppl talking, where can i get some?
     

    plug
    yall let ous pray
     

    HIGHLYFAVRD
    CAVITIES AND FRIED BRAIN CELLS, CANT BEAT THAT :)
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    MS BUST IT BABY

    SEXY-CHRISSY40
    wow!!!!!
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    @ ME THIS FE REAL....

    DivaTV_BayArea
    its a hell of a drug.. yeah its the shiit..
    candy-coated coke.. fvck pixie sticks!

    >>> Watch Diva TV in the Bay Area & online!
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    Nails
    I agree @MultipleOrgazm, just another way to wipe our babies and people out, just like they have been, and are doing now. SMH
     

    DatBxChic
    hmm thought i heard of this b4 but i'll google it anyway cant trust MTO
     

    Tagirl25
    Omg! Please be joking! They already have candy flavored Meth that they're peddling to kids, but not this. Man!
     

    Revolution
    It takes Chemist to make these drugs, where are these drugs being processed and created? And how does it get to our communities? And why do we get the mandatory minimums? Why's 1 out of 100 people in prison in this country? Let's ask the CIA and United Snakes government.
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    We only get what we‘re organized t

    AlliNicole
    interesting....
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    mizike
    Now that's what you call NOSE CANDY.
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    NYC

    NVDdark1
    Government manufactored, just like CRACK!
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    The blacker the berry...ahhh phuck it.


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