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Herb Ninja · 05-31-2005, 09:20 AM

Spade targets drug-flavored candy
5-29-2005 | Chris Gautz | Daily Telegram

ADRIAN -- Rep. Dudley Spade, D-Tipton, said he has a message for the producers of candy made with hemp and designed to taste like marijuana.

"We don't want drug-flavored candy in Michigan, and we're going to shut you down," Spade said.

Friday morning, Spade, flanked by Lenawee County Sheriff Larry Richardson, announced he soon plans to introduce legislation banning the sale of candy containing hemp or hemp flavoring.

"It's flying off the shelves," Spade said. "It's aimed at our kids and it must be stopped."

The Pot Sucker label contains a warning, which says the product is "highly addictive" and "tastes like the real 'deal.' " Pot Suckers retail for $2.

Marijuana-flavored candy comes in several forms, Spade said. There is also chronic candy, which is sold by the ounce or in nickel bags. Other companies sell chocolate-covered pretzels and peanut butter cups with marijuana flavoring.

At Friday's press conference, Spade handed out several "Pot Suckers" to the media, which he said he purchased recently at Spencer's Gifts in Monroe.

The candy is legal, because while it is made to taste like marijuana, it does not contain THC, the active drug in marijuana.

Spade said he called all 19 Spencer stores in Michigan and all said they sell the candy.

"It's a big seller," Spade said. "It's become a fad, and it's something we need to stop in Michigan."

Eddie Hoffer, shift manager at Spencer's Gifts in Monroe, said the candy sells well.

Hoffer added though, he is not too concerned about the proposed legislation, which would ban stores like his from selling the candy.

"I think anyone who pays $2 for a sucker is stupid anyway," he said.

Spade said he first became of aware of this type of candy several days ago and began doing research on the Internet.

Richardson said he applauded Spade for his proactive stance on this.

"He didn't wait until we got a problem in Lenawee County or the state of Michigan to act on it," Richardson said.

Richardson said he was not aware the candy was out there.

"I admire his initiative," he said.

Both men said they are worried that children will become accustomed to the taste of marijuana and will be more apt to try the real drug when they are older.

"That's a big concern of ours," Richardson said. "That kids will gravitate to something more harmful to their bodies."

reggie_the_dog · 05-31-2005, 11:53 AM

Great, so now hemp food will be considered a gateway drug in the USA. And the politician who is proposing this is a Democrat, way to alienate the millions of cannabis users who tend to vote to the left.

Buzzby · 05-31-2005, 12:33 PM

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"We don't want drug-flavored candy in Michigan, and we're going to shut you down," Spade said.

"It's flying off the shelves," Spade said. "It's aimed at our kids and it must be stopped."

I can just see this phony politician standing there, wrapped in the flag, keeping "our kids" safe from candy.

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Spade said he called all 19 Spencer stores in Michigan and all said they sell the candy.

Eddie Hoffer, shift manager at Spencer's Gifts in Monroe, said the candy sells well.

Hoffer added though, he is not too concerned about the proposed legislation, which would ban stores like his from selling the candy.

"I think anyone who pays $2 for a sucker is stupid anyway," he said.

And this guy is obviously a marketing genius. Always a good thing to call your customers "stupid".

He should be getting his pink slip from Spencer Gifts any day now.

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"He didn't wait until we got a problem in Lenawee County or the state of Michigan to act on it," Richardson said.

All those potential cavities! Save "our kids"! Bless you, Representative Dudley Spade!

What a great man! He can even solve problems that don't exist!

reggie_the_dog · 05-31-2005, 01:16 PM

this is clearly too confusing for kids to understand the difference between hemp and marijuana. Perhaps this has something to do with having texts mentioning industrial hemp taken out of the vast majority of high school level history books (hemp is still there when you get to the university). If he was a good leftist politician he would use this as an excuse to increase education funding and to decrease censorship in the classroom, but no he calls for more control.

SkyTripper · 05-31-2005, 07:23 PM

Personally, I think hemp flavored candy or anything else favored as such that is NOT the real deal is STOOOOPID!
Why then don't they just sell candy doobies like they used to with candy cigarettes?
Better yet.....just sell 6 foot tall hemp-flavored and realistic looking pot plants to nibble on or send as a Valentine's gift instead of chocolates.....oh yeah....send chocolates too.....you may really want them after eating that hemp candy plant.

I agree with the manager....you are a sucker to pay $2 for pot-flavored lollipops.....when its a hell of a lot more tasty to have the real thing!

Logos · 05-31-2005, 07:37 PM

I'm currently reading through a book called "Reefer Madness " by Larry "Ratso" Sloman, and this story is just like the type of sensationalistic journalism that was used to get our government to make marijuana illegal in the first place.

Even Anslinger knew that laws against a "weed" were highly unconstitutional, but when the opportunity to create a tax act came along he jumped on it.

The lies told to create this prohibition are still being told. Now though it is organizations like D.A.R.E. who are telling the greatest lies while introducing our youth to the concept of altered consciousness.

Interestingly enough when they (the kiddies) realize that they were lied to, they think that the lies must also extend to other more addictive and devastating off topic substances. They end up hooked on the real culprits of devastated lives.

Where is the harm in this plant? What harm does its consumption produce?

How much harm comes from the outlawing of this plant?

It seems to me that the harm is in the prohibition. Granted there is a time and a place for altered consiousness, and responsibility should be enforced, but in a world where non altered people do stupid things, it seems to me that as long as no one is being stupid, then they should be allowed to do as they wish. If harm ensues, then responsibility must be enforced, to the tune of the damage.

Our "leaders" are being dishonest and creating harm where there would otherwise be none.

While I find it socially irresponsible to create candy made in this way, and then marketing it to our youth, I also find it irresponsible to market sugar, caffiene, red dye and television to our youth as they are far more insiduous drugs than marijuana could ever be, no matter how much more powerful than grandpappy's it is...

Sometimes people just have to create a crusade to feel good about themselves.

Maybe someone should ask Mr Spade his opinion of the violence that our children are constantly being subjected to.

Rev. Logos

king cola · 05-31-2005, 09:48 PM

"We don't want drug-flavored candy in Michigan, and we're going to shut you down," Spade said.

Who the hell is we?

"It's flying off the shelves," Spade said. "It's aimed at our kids and it must be stopped."

It's flyin off the shelves so obviously people want it! Someone needs to tell this asshole to worry about his own kids.

"He didn't wait until we got a problem in Lenawee County or the state of Michigan to act on it," Richardson said.

What problem? lol. It's just candy, what about prescription drugs that tastes like wild cherry and then we sell wild cherry candy? Theres no crackdown on that. This is all bullsh*t.

Both men said they are worried that children will become accustomed to the taste of marijuana and will be more apt to try the real drug when they are older.

I remember bein little and buying candy cigarettes, it didn't make me want to go out and try the real thing. I used to think it was pretty funny to pretend i was smoking one though.

I never ate marijuana, can't forget to mention that i don't think too many people eat marijuana straight up unless it's cooked into brownies or somethin. I'm not surprised politicians would argue about this, they always need something to do. It's what helps them keep their job. It's always the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" bullsh*t.

Why don't they ask Amsterdam a few questions. They have real pot candy called reefers peanut butter cups lol, their society seems to work fine and they are selling actual pot candy.

By them saying this is going to make kids want to try the real thing is just a scare tactic. Nothing can be compared to the real thing.

"It's a big seller," Spade said. "It's become a fad, and it's something we need to stop in Michigan."

The only thing wrong here is politicians trying to ruin buisnesses. Let the parents handle their kids, it's their job, not some politicians. It seems like some of them don't want to take the time to do it so they go to them to pass some kind of law that ruins things for the rest of us who are adults.

"I think anyone who pays $2 for a sucker is stupid anyway," he said.

Isn't that nice, hes callin peoples kids stupid cause they will pay $2 for a candy which his stores are responsible for selling. Maybe hes forgotten that he was a kid once himself and i would like to know some of the things he wasted his money on back then.

How about people who spend $100 for a bottle of champagne? He's probably one of them!

In conclusion if people want the candy that's their choice, isn't this America? Aren't we supposed to have choices? It's gotten to the point where all these crooked politicians make the choices for us, not for what we want but for what they want and again use "THE CHILDREN" Reefer Madness was about "THE CHILDREN" too. I'm 22, i could careless about candy but people just need to let things be once in awhile.

Theres rum cordials or cordinals, somethin like that, candy with alcohol in it, that's real. No one is saying think of the children or yelling to pull it off the market, i was under age when i was eating those but they were good haha.

fight4rights · 06-01-2005, 12:18 AM

I think this is really funny and sad at the same time. To say that this candy is marketed to children is absurd. Spencer's Gifts is a shop with adult themes all around. The only other place that I have seen it is in Hedshops, where mostly only 18+ hang out. If you are a parent letting your child walk into Spencer's Gifts you need to rethink your parenting strategy.

By the way, has anyone tried this stuff? I have eaten weed straight and didn't think it tasted all that great. Kind of minty and something else, kind of unpleasant over all.

Buzzby · 06-01-2005, 12:47 AM

I was thinking about that, too. Smoked marijuana doesn't taste much like raw marijuana. When cooking with it a lot of effort is put into covering up the taste and texture.

If the biggest danger of marijuana is the smoking, the makers of this candy are doing a public service "for the children". Instead of growing up to smoke marijuana, perhaps, because of this candy, they'll grow up to eat it instead.

RL in IL · 06-01-2005, 03:16 AM

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