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Anybody heard of this stuff? Does it really spell doom for youths, as Chuck claims?
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) announced Monday that he is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to formally launch an investigation into "Coco Loko," a new snortable chocolate product that contains caffeine.
Coco Loko, created by the Florida-based company Legal Lean, contains powdered chocolate with added stimulants, and users are instructed to snort the product.
Schumer said in a press release that Coco Loko is marketed as a drug for kids and teens, arguing that it has no health benefits.
"The math for the FDA is clear: This suspect product has no clear health value," Schumer said. "It is falsely held up to be chocolate, when it is a powerful stimulant. And they market it like a drug—and they tell users to take it like a drug, by snorting it. It is crystal clear that the FDA needs to wake up and launch a formal investigation into so-called Coco Loko before too many of our young people are damaged by it."
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Schumer Asks FDA to Probe, Regulate This Snortable Chocolate
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) announced Monday that he is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to formally launch an investigation into "Coco Loko," a new snortable chocolate product that contains caffeine.
Coco Loko, created by the Florida-based company Legal Lean, contains powdered chocolate with added stimulants, and users are instructed to snort the product.
Schumer said in a press release that Coco Loko is marketed as a drug for kids and teens, arguing that it has no health benefits.
"The math for the FDA is clear: This suspect product has no clear health value," Schumer said. "It is falsely held up to be chocolate, when it is a powerful stimulant. And they market it like a drug—and they tell users to take it like a drug, by snorting it. It is crystal clear that the FDA needs to wake up and launch a formal investigation into so-called Coco Loko before too many of our young people are damaged by it."
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Schumer Asks FDA to Probe, Regulate This Snortable Chocolate
