Schumer Calls for Investigation into “Snortable Chocolate”

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has urged the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to launch a formal investigation into “Coco Loko,”
a “snortable chocolate” product that contains stimulants akin to
those found in energy drinks. He argues that the product “isn’t
even pure chocolate” and is “chock full of concentrated energy
drink ingredients masked and marketed under the innocence of
natural and safe chocolate candy.”

“I can’t think of a single parent who thinks it is a good idea for
their children to be snorting over-the-counter stimulants up their
noses,” Schumer said in a July 10, 2017, press release. “This
product is like cocaine on training wheels.”

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