Mint or drug: Is Hershey's cracked?

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Philadelphia Daily News

FAMILY COURT Judge Lori Dumas Brooks wanted to make sure she wasn't overreacting.
So she held the small blue packet of powdered substance in her palm and showed it around at work yesterday.

Everyone asked the same thing: What was she doing with crack cocaine?

"I thought she confiscated it in the courtroom," said Administrative Judge Kevin Dougherty.

No one could believe what the tiny pouch actually was: a new breath mint made by - get this - Hershey's.



Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20071130_Jill_Porter___Mint_or_drug__Is_Hersheys_cracked_.html

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Bet this product doesn't last long on the market - bet there will be incredible pressure.

[mikelgb]

1. clever

[w4rma]

2. Drug dealers use the packaging because it works very well. The packaging is well designed. (nt)

[ContraBass Black]

6. It needs better labeling.

[bad_robbie]

11. Are the drug packages disolvable?

Or are they just plastic blisters to separate doses?

[w4rma]

20. No idea. My statement is based on the assumption that drug smuggling is very efficiently

handled because of the money involved and the risk. It isn't based on personal experience.

[meegbear]

3. Now you can freebase your way to minty freshness!

[Marrah_G]

4. O. M. G.

:rofl:

[yardwork]

5. DRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS!!!

Run for your lives!!!! It's druuuuuuugs!

[anitar1]

7. Perhaps moving their operations to China is not going to

bring in enough money to satisfy them. I don't buy Hersheys products anymore.

[Stephanie]

9. I don't buy them anymore either.

Besides the labor issue, who knows what's in it!

[KamaAina]

8. "Ice" Breakers?!

I don't know about where you are, but here in the islands, the word "ice" plus a small bag o' powder = crystal meth!

[lame54]

10. "Did someone say crack?"

[Fool_Me_Once]

15. Buwahahah , Tyrone kicks ass.

[aquart]

12. How come everybody here knows what crack looks like?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. How come everybody thinks it's powder?

For that matter, how come everybody's forgotten about Pixie Sticks?

[Paulie]

14. Or those candy dots on a paper strip

We used to do hits all the time

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. That's what I was wondering

A person doesn't have to have done crack-cocaine to know that it's a solid smokable form of cocaine.

Watch television, attend a parenting class or any of a dozen other things that show pictures of crack.

[Cronopio]

16. You beat me to it.

The last thing I would admit to is detailed knowledge about how street drugs are packaged. Especially in America.

Some of these people might find a DEA agent at their doorstep in no time.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. What, you mean little ziploc baggies?

Or little screw cap or pop-top vials?

C'mon.

No reason to be paranoid.

[crikkett]

22. Saw it in a movie.

[boricua79]

17. hahaha....now that's funny

I'm going to buy a pack of these just to "offer" drugs at clubs for fun...

I'm going to have fun joking around with this tonight at the bar.

[crikkett]

24. watch yourself and bring bail money

because that ain't very funny anymore.

[tchunter]

21. that really does look like herion

it looks like the stamped folded wax baggies in the heat sealed plastic sleeve. That packaging really should be reconsidered by the company, i know i wouldn't want to have those loose in my pocket or on my dashboard and get pulled over, couldn't get in trouble but could give the police reason to hassle you.

[MilesColtrane]

23. "Yeah, I'll take an eight ball of Ice Breakers, a Mr. Pibb forty ounce

..and a dime bag of Doritos."

"Thank you. Come again!"