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    Cocaine Drink "The legal Alternative" now available in NY


    A can of Cocaine (energy-drink)




    Cocaine drink emulates illegal namesake

    What Next ? - Cocaine drink, "The Legal Alternative" now available in NY

    Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 20 October, 2006 : - - Most people know what cocaine is, and now Redux Beverages in Las Vegas is offering what it calls a "legal alternative" to the illegal drug in form of an energy drink. Jamey Kirby, the drink's inventor, says the name for the drink — Cocaine — came to him during a brainstorming session at 1 o'clock in the morning.

    "It's an energy drink, and it's a fun name," says Kirby. "As soon as people look at the can, they smile." Kirby says Redux wanted to make a beverage that would send a sensation to the mouth. He describes Cocaine, the new beverage, as a "fruity, atomic fireball" drink.

    Real Cocaine?  ......... The 8.4 fluid ounce energy booster has no actual cocaine in it, but it does contain 280 milligrams of caffeine. According to the company's Web site, the only way to get more caffeine per ounce is with an espresso. "It's just a bad idea and has all the same downsides of too much caffeine plus a very bad name," says Dr. Charles O'Brien a professor and vice chairman of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

    The beverage is marketed to give a person a "high" coupled with a tingly euphoric feeling within five minutes of drinking it. That initial boost is followed 15 minutes later by an energy buzz that will last five to six hours, according to the company. Kirby claims Cocaine is "350 percent stronger than Red Bull" but that people do not experience the "sugar crash" or jitters that he says some of the other energy drinks can produce.

    The Secret Formula? ........... Kirby confesses that a "throat-numbing" ingredient is added to the drink to emulate its namesake, but he won't divulge the identity of that add-in, saying it's confidential. "We're getting a phenomenal response," says Kirby, crediting the can's simple design and product promotion for the drink's early success among consumers from high school kids to 30-year-olds.

    The company isn't hiding from mixing Cocaine with alcohol. On the drink's Web site, www.DrinkCocaine.com, it posts a variety of alcohol and Cocaine combinations. Kirby, who says the world is ready for a beverage named after an illegal drug, has been surprised by the lack of controversy over the name of the drink.

    Drug experts are appalled, and so are nutritionists.The beverage Cocaine joins other so-called energy drinks using provocative names and edgy advertising to make a splash in the crowded field of sugary, highly caffeinated drinks. Some called Xtazy Energy, PimpJuice and Tantra Erotic Drink, most are aimed at young people and advertised heavily on the Internet.

    The Cocaine Energy Drink, by Redux Beverages, so far is available mostly in clubs in New York and California, but it will be available online, the Web site said. Kirby said the Cocaine Energy Drink contains 280 milligrams of caffeine and costs about $2 a can. An average cup of coffee contains about 80 milligrams of caffeine.

    Nutritionists say most of the new energy drinks contain traditional caffeine, as well as guarana, another source of caffeine, to create products with caffeine contents that rival espresso. Few are healthful drinks, regardless of their claims to contain vitamins, nutritionists said. The “Cocaine” drink contains vitamins C, B-6 and B-12, according to the Web site.

    “Those vitamins are already ubiquitous, even in the most horrible diet. We don't need them in a drink,” said Diane Radler, a clinical nutritionist at the UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions.

    Further reports in the press;-

    ABC News: The Ultimate Energy Drink: Cocaine
    The Cocaine Energy Drink - DrinkCocaine.com
    'Cocaine' takes a hit - Newsday.com
    Cocaine energy drink sparks buzz | NEWS.com.au
    Cocaine Energy Drink Banned in Australia

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