Hershey''s new drug... errr... candy...

[sumbride]

Seen this yet? http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20071130_Jill_Porter___Mint_or_drug__Is_Hersheys_cracked_.html


It''s a mint that looks like little bags of white powder... hmmm... what could they have been thinking of? I''m disgusted! I live in Baltimore, a city boiling over with drug problems... and now what? "It''s not drugs, officer, it''s candy..." sure... SURE it is...

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

I just sent that link to everyone I know including my Step Dad who''s a judge. I can only imagine what he''d do if my little brother (who''s 14) brought one of those home with him.

 

[sumbride]

Date: 12/6/2007 11:40:25 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
I just sent that link to everyone I know including my Step Dad who''s a judge. I can only imagine what he''d do if my little brother (who''s 14) brought one of those home with him.

Yeah, you find them in his pants pocket and don''t know whether to send him to rehab or the dentist... There''s just no need for candy to look like this!

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Oh my goodness. I work with drug addicted people all the time. And is that NOT making it look "cool" or at least "standard" to carry around objects looking similar to illegal substances?

I wonder if Hershey will suffer anything monetarily for this.... Hmm.

I also wonder why it''s not been marketed much yet. One little peep about this would have the media swarming. I just did a google search, and there are plenty of articles out there. I''ve not seen anything yet, though, myself.

I''m not even thinking mint flavored powder dissolving in my mouth would be a good feeling, either.

Makes you wonder what they were thinking, seriously. It''s like the candy cigarettes back in the day. Really intelligent.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

What are they thinking? We saw "american gangster" last weekend and those little packets remind me of the "blue magic" that was part of the movie''s theme are heroin.

 

[sumbride]

I hope the pressure on them continues so that they don''t reach mass audiences. I sent my letter of complaint and got a "thank you for your comments" email, but I think law enforcement is really getting at them now. I mean the people who make toy guns no longer make them to look real... it''s the same kind of thing... no sense in it.

 

[anchor31]

Company founder Milton Hershey - who devoted his fortune to saving children - must be rolling in his grave.

I visited a Hershey factory in Ontario last summer and that was my second thought - right after "are they insane??" Mr Hershey was a great, generous man and he would have never approved of this. What a horrible thing to do... They''d better take it off the market asap.