German states ban Red Bull after discovery of cocaine in the drink
Provided by: The Canadian Press
Written by: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May. 25, 2009
http://health.lifestyle.yahoo.ca/chan ... l_id=1004&channel_id=1004

BERLIN - Six German states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after a test found a trace amount of cocaine.

The bans started Friday after a sample test conducted by authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia state found 0.4 micrograms per litre in the drink.

Five other states also banned it from shops amid concerns over possible narcotics law violations.

Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment said Monday that the cocaine level was too low to pose a health risk. It planned to produce a more detailed report Wednesday.

Red Bull said its cola is "harmless and marketable in both the U.S. and Europe." It said similar coca leaf extracts are used worldwide as flavouring, and a test it commissioned itself found no cocaine traces.

Undrar varför man fortfarande säljer coka cola då :)

once upon a time,
back in the good old offline days,
I was reading this thing called a magazine,
it was even made from real paper,
at least that's what they called it back in the glorious 1980's.

In this magazine, I read this story they have printed,
a story about the Coca Cola company.
the Coca Cola company had/(still has ?) permission to import coca leafs,
they need it to make their famous coca syrup, out of deCocainated coca leafs of course .
the funny part of that story , and what makes me remember it,
( except from the fact that this was one of the very few articles I
actually read from erotic pin-up one hand read magazines. )
was that the Coca Cola company had quite some difficulty,
explaining where all the cocaine they took out of those cocaleafs went ..
I remember they mentioned several hundreds of kilos.

oh memories.

Dr.No.