Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo today announced he is drafting legislation that would prohibit minors in New Jersey from purchasing super-caffeinated energy drinks and nutrition supplements.
Caputo said he was alerted to the need for this legislation after seeing a news report on “Blow Energy Drink Mix,” a white powdered drink supplement with nearly seven times the caffeine of a can of cola, manufactured and packaged to look like cocaine and marketed to an audience that includes teens.
“The plain and simple truth is that caffeine is a drug,” said Caputo. “Disguising that fact by targeting children with marketing that chooses to glamorize it by comparing it to illegal drugs does not send the right message.”
The state is a congested, corrupt, financial mess. This is not what we need the Assembly spending its time on right now.
The Assemblyman certainly seems put off…just look at him in [url=http://caribbeanblog.canalblog.com/images/Mary_Poppins.jpg]this photo[/url].
#2 So why doesn’t he recommend a spoonful of sugar instead?