Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce, along with Senator Grassley, the Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act of 2011. For years, law enforcement has seen drug dealers flavoring and marketing their illegal drugs to entice minors, using techniques like combining drugs with chocolate and fruit flavors, and even packaging them to look like actual candy and soda. This bill would address this serious and dangerous problem by providing stronger penalties when drug dealers alter controlled substances by combining them with beverages or candy products, marketing or packaging them to resemble legitimate products, or flavoring or coloring them with the intent to sell them to minors. Recent media reports demonstrate the need for this legislation. The Santa Cruz Sentinel had an article earlier this month about someone who is planning to market sodas laced with THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. Some of his planned sodas include orange-flavored ``Orange Krush'' and grape-flavored ``Grape Ape'' which actually was the name of a children's cartoon character! Regrettably, this is a problem that has persisted for many years, with drug dealers trying various methods of luring kids to try many dangerous drugs. For example, in March of 2008, Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, agents seized cocaine near Modesto, California, that had been flavored like cinnamon, coconut, lemon and strawberry. Similarly, there have been many incidents involving methamphetamine.…”