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Do not snort, inject or smoke Ice Breakers For another example of how bizarre the world is getting, we turn to Hershey, which has stopped making Ice Breakers Pacs — which are “nickel-sized dissolvable pouches with a powdered sweetener inside” — because the law-enforcement community feels that they look too much like heroin. Their main concern is that the Pacs would desensitize children to the more potent snortables in today’s flourishing drug market. That risk, I feel, is overshadowed by how bad it would hurt to shove one of those things up your nose, let alone catch a snoot full of the mint powder. But I can understand the concern, given the challenges of policing other drug look-alikes, such as oregano and confectioner’s sugar. —Posted by David Kiefaber

January 25, 2008 in Kiefaber | Permalink

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I didn't know they sold confectioner's sugar in nickel-sized pouches...

Posted by: ChrisM70 | Jan 25, 2008 1:11:12 PM

Help keep these on the shelf by going to the posted URL

Posted by: Sal | Jan 26, 2008 9:32:22 PM

Maybe they should worry more about the ammonia in their chocolate and less about their sugar looking like heroin.

Posted by: Salli | Jan 27, 2008 4:29:07 PM

cops are just fucking stupid if they cant tell the difference!!! for one it is clearly marked "ICE BREAKERS" on the little blue packets, for another if you open the packets the orange one is slightly orange, and the blue one..... well its blue!!!!! KEEP THEM ON THE SHELVES!!!! THEY ARE ONLY BREATH FRESHENERS!!! WHAT NEXT? ARE THEY GONNA STOP MAKING LISTERINE STRIPS CAUSE YOU COULD COAT IT IN ACID?!?!?!

Posted by: jacie | Jan 30, 2008 9:14:23 AM

Dude crushed up an icebreaker last night (not the pouches) and snorted it for a cig! best drainage ever!

Posted by: Jake | Nov 17, 2008 9:16:33 AM

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