Vietnam’s Red Bull is cocaine-free, producer says

underpants

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Thu Jun-04-09 05:53 PM
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Vietnam’s Red Bull is cocaine-free, producer says

http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=49476

Red Bull produced in Vietnam does not contain cocaine and is absolutely safe for consumers, Chanachai Earsarkul, general director of Red Bull Vietnam Company, said in a statement Wednesday.

Earlier this week, the Center for Food Safety in Hong Kong said it found tiny amounts of the illegal drug in samples of “Red Bull Cola,” “Red Bull Sugar-free” and “Red Bull Energy Drink,” according to an AFP report. The beverages had been imported from Austria, said the spokesman cited by the news agency.

The news came days after officials from Taiwan confiscated nearly 18,000 cases of Red Bull imported from Austria after finding it contained traces of the drug.

The Austrian producers that had supplied the cans sold in Hong Kong and Taiwan have sent their product samples for testing and have yet to find any cocaine.

KOREA-Food Agency Issues Warning Against Red Bull
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/06/113_46296.html

Qatar follows UAE in ordering Red Bull cocaine tests
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/557736-qatar-follows-uae-in-ordering-red-bull-cocaine-tests

PHILLIPINES -Public warned vs Red Bull drink over cocaine reports
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/164133/Public-warned-vs-Red-Bull-drink-over-cocaine-reports

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-04-09 05:55 PM
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1. Well in Bolivia they make a drink that is 1 part red bull, 1 part Coca Wine and 2 parts vodka

Cut to the chase: you fly

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Dogmudgeon

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Thu Jun-04-09 06:17 PM
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4. Red Bull (actually I prefer Monster), extra caffeine, Mad Dog 50/50, and Percocet

(And easy on the Mad Dog; it kills the Perc buzz. One-Buck-Chuck is also a fine accelerant.)

I call it the "Oxy Rush".

Of course, I have an excuse: a hole in my ear and skull that hurts like hell from time to time. (And morphine makes me cry, especially when I listen to Trip-Hop.)

No wimpy pilonidal cyst for me, no sir! If I had one of those glorified ass pimples, I'd be in ecstasy. Ecstasy, I tell you!

I'm a Leftist; we've got ballz!

--d!
Isn't Ballz another one of those energy drinks?

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-04-09 06:30 PM
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7. Whatever works :)

My "trifecta" is a little different, but along the same lines...

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KamaAina

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Thu Jun-04-09 05:55 PM
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2. Awww, crap!!

So it isn't "the real thing"? :P

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underpants

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Thu Jun-04-09 05:57 PM
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3. No

but it adds life

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zbdent

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Thu Jun-04-09 06:29 PM
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6. false advertising ...

it did NOT raise my ancestors from the dead ...

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zbdent

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Thu Jun-04-09 06:28 PM
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5. aw crap ... and I just got confirmation that they would send me a case straight

from Vietnam ...

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