Remember that blog post I wrote a couple back about the positive societal benefits of marketing. Well, it's stuff like this that makes that whole philosophy fall to pieces. Through an absolutely ridiculous and painfully unethical marketing campaign, a new energy drink called "Blow" is being foisted upon the impressionable minds of America's youth. 
Intended to look like a vial of cocaine, the powdered energy drink is supposed to be a fun tongue-in-cheek take on party drugs. You know, those hilarious party drugs that are responsible for arrhythmia, convulsions, and respiratory failure. It's reprehensible to me that something like this could find its way onto the market. Worse yet, the makers will probably cash in on it for millions of bucks.
From the press release: "Anyone offended by our product needs to lighten up and get a life". I'm the one that needs to get a life? Seriously? Sometimes I just don't know what this world's coming to. Would someone please comment on this and let me know that I'm not the last sane person left in the world?
Thanks to Darryl Ohrt at brandflakesforbreakfast for pointing this out.
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You're just jealous you could never ski with the Cool Crowd. Why don't you go pray about it, Loser.
Hardy har har. You're right. I've always secretly wanted to grow a thick mustache, wear white linen suits opened up to the chest, and have a mirrored ceiling for my beachfront Miami home.
That first comment better be a joke.
"go pray about it..." fucking hilarious!!! Mean, but funny. Like the internet! Anyway, the image of the cocaine user/dealer that you have is fictional. Cocaine use is as common, rampant, and popular as alcohol. The real issue is how the government is fostering the drug trade overseas and America's fictional war on drugs which has always been more about boosting political careers than tackling the real issues. Just consult some prison stats if you want the real numbers. Amazing programs like "The Wire" explore such issues and there are a number of great articles online. The War on Drugs wiki has some very useful facts as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs.
HOLLA!
Of course the image I have of coke dealers is fictional. It's ripped straight out of reruns of Miami Vice and late night viewings of Scarface. But I agree with you about the governments implicit involvement in the drug trade. While the intent of my post was to call attention to the moral depths a person would sink to sell a product, there are definitely more important issues in the world related to illicit drugs.
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