Illegal drugs such as Ecstasy showing up as cartoon-shaped pills

[proud2BlibKansan]

Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama’s head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts.

Colorful Ecstasy pills started showing up last year shaped as Homer and Bart Simpson, Ninja Turtles and other characters. As more of the pills that look like vitamins or candy go out locally and nationwide, they put children at great risk, police and experts said.

“Someone leaves this around … kids pick them up and boom,” said H. Westley Clark, director of the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

The result could be seizures, a spiked blood pressure and heart rate and even death, he said.


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[Ezlivin]

1. Yabba dabba do!

If I take them can I enjoy cartoon physics? I've always wanted to get crushed and then boing! pop back into shape....

[Bolo Boffin]

2. How many kids die every year due to lack of health insurance?

Yes, it would be bad if a kid took Ecstasy thinking it was a vitamin.

But government officials need to stop farting around in the shallow end of problems for kids.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Wouldn't be a problem if it was simply legal for adults to buy.

But no, instead we have the endless war on drugs and its continuous fear campaign, like this story, to justify the billions we spend, the millions in jail, and the militarization of our police forces.

OH NOES NOT THE CANDY DRUGZ!

[hedgehog]

4. Who is going to leave their stash around for some kid to get?

[NightWatcher]

5. did we have a problem with kiddies eating blotter acid?

"someone leaves this around, kids pick them up and boom"?
I have never LEFT ANYTHING AROUND like that.

[symbolman]

9. You wanna see Cartoons you need This stuff.. Or Owlsly..

Ecstasy is like BudLight, decaf.. Drop a 4 way of Window Pane in your Eye then hang on for the Universal toboggan Ride, where the world splashes and you become Nothing but The ID..

Many battles in the Psychic Wars of the '70's.. :)

[droidamus2]

6. Same old same old

This is one of those anti-drug messages that comes out every 12 to 18 months. Usually it's the cartoon characters on blotter on acid being used to 'lure' children. Of course this totally ignores the fact that it's really a marketing tool to attract adult users. If I can tell somebody I have some of that good Simpson's blotter it makes my product more identifiable. The cops just take advantage of the fact that large segments of the public have no idea how the illicit drug market works and they get them all riled up feeding them the same old bull over and over.

[zbdent]

7. "Hi, I'm Papa Smurf for Viagra ..."

Smurfette was one tired Smurf, getting smurfed in the smurf so smurfin' much ...

If you have a smurf lasting 4 or more hours, please smurf a smurf or go to a smurf room ...

[donco6]

8. Ironic: Homer Simpson as an Ecstasy pill.

The fat-bellied king of layabout causing kids to dance until they drop. Hmmm.