Red Bull Verbot in Deutschland und Jordanien

Sechs deutsche Bundesländer haben Einzelhändler angewiesen Red Bull Cola aus den Regalen zurück zu ziehen nachdem eine Studie festgestellt hat, dass das Getränk Spurenelemente von Kokain enthält.

Red Bull hat gegen die Entscheidung einspruch erhoben und behauptet, dass das entkokainisierte Koka-Blatt-Extrakt, das verwendet wird um den Geschmack zu verbessern vollkommen sicher und ungefährlich ist. Bernhard Kuehnle, Leiter der Abteilung Lebensmittel-Sicherheit im Bundesministerium für Verbraucherschutz bestätigt, dass "keine Gefahr" besteht, dennoch sehen die lokalen Gesetzgeber das Getränk als "Betäubungsmittel", anstatt als Lebensmittel. Es wird erwartet, dass die anderen 7 Bundesländer bald folgen und ein Verbot auf den Verkauf einführen werden.

Eine Dose Red Bull Cola enthält etwa 0,4 Mikrogramm Kokain. (Ein Mikrogramm ist ein Millionstel-Gramm). Um schädlich zu sein müsste man ca. 100.000 Liter trinken.

In Jordanien geben sich die Behörden keine Blösse. Laut der Jordan Times wurden alle Red Bull Produkte vom Markt zurück gezogen und die Einfuhr des koffeinhaltigen Getränks wurde ausgesetzt. Der Präsident des jordanischen Toxikologen-Vereins meint: "Das Trinken dieses Energy-Drinks mit Kokain ist zusammen mit Alkohol und Drogen sehr gefährlich." Ein weiteres "Red Bull Shit"-Zitat stammt vom Direktor des Nationalen Zentrums für Rehabilitation, der sagte, dass "jede auch nur geringste Menge Kokain führt zu Missbrauch oder Sucht ".

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Kommentare

Adoma - 2009-05-29 10:21:18

I didn't know redbull had coca leaves in it.
For one, i think it's red bull's fault for not printing it on the can, i mean, you should know what you're consuming...

“drinking the energy drink with cocaine is very dangerous if it is taken with alcohol or narcotics”
should be:“drinking alcohol is very dangerous if it is taken with energydrink or narcotics”

“any quantity of cocaine results in misuse or addiction”.
UHHHH any quantity of everything can end up in misuse or addiction, i mean, humans are creatures of habit, everything we like, we would like to do it as much as we want, because we like it. (until we hate it...)

Goddamn corrupt politicians and toxicologists, doesn't anyone work for better of mankind anymore? is all about money and bribes?.....

Don Jia - 2009-05-29 11:01:37

Much as I oppose drug criminalization in general, this I believe is a good thing. Frankly, whether this has to do with any microscopic traces of cocaine or merely the insanely high caffeine and sugar levels, Red Bull typically is consumed as a kind of legal crank, not unlike the original Coca Cola. Again, it is not surprising that our society criminalizes psychoactive plants, yet drugs of the “upper” variety – alcohol, nicotine and particularly caffeine - are readily available, often provided for ‘free,” even, e.g. by employers.

Crank makes people more aggressively one-dimensional; obedient workers, soldiers and shoppers, without all the human complexities hampering productivity. It gives the user a feeling of increased energy, at the expense of brain functionality. I don’t know, it’s not as if I don’t enjoy a good cup of coffee myself, but the whole Red Bull craze is beyond my capacity for comprehension. I see young “urban” youths walking around with their little energy drinks all the time, looking all shady eyed, and they probably go through a dozen of the damn things a day. They are typically complete degenerates, incapable of holding an idea in their mind for more than a second. They are, in a word, the ideal future employees of McDonalds.

Jeroen - 2009-06-01 11:53:43

This reminds me of the spice thingy - you buy some shit, which is supposed to be legal, but contains various other nutritients/ingredients than listed on the label/packaging. It's just stupid. Assuming Red Bull doesn't contain any illegal substances, they made a fault that would harm their name/image. There would be no problem at all, when just listing the real ingredients...

I think many mothers are going to ban Red Bull from their household, if they`d read this news...

@Andrey, f*** off, exploits won't work, and it's just stupid to try!

@Don Jia, your story makes sense, lots of it. Thank you for answering some of the questions I've had for a time now. Thank you for being sharp 'n awake ;)

happy havanna - 2009-06-01 15:28:59

this ban is about "red bull COLA", not about normal red bull. on the ingredients list of this cola are cocaleaves. it`s no secret for people who can read...
to get to a dose that is working somehow,
you would have to drink 100.000 liters of it,
as far as they said in tv...
a poppyseed roll is much closer to a psychotropic effect with its morphinetraces in it. allthought its nothing to worry about.
by the way, german wikipedia says:"even today coca-cola contains ingredients of cocaleaves (but not the alkaloids)."
i guess its a conspiracy of red bull colas rival, who wants all the money from the cola market. or maybe its just stupidity?
whatever?!? i like red bull cola because it contains things like cinnamon, mustardseeds and alot of other spices. seems to be quite natural compared to other recipes.

perfectuse - 2009-06-02 10:47:31

-3

they will ban alcohol, cigarrets and drugs everywhere unless we do something. we will be back to the big mafia era. Fuckin politicians and stupid religious followers!

ElTigno - 2009-06-04 23:40:02

When the Coca cola ban? I think there's may be 0,001 micrograms of cocaine into it. Very addictive.

ben - 2009-06-09 12:34:59

Scheiße !!! Ratet mal woher ich komme ? und dabei liebe ich das zeug . verdammt .

Lachesis - 2009-06-09 23:35:54

Totale Hysterie, vollkommener Schwachsinn was die Massenmedien wieder von sich geben

nishva - 2009-06-10 04:44:50

Can´t be really dangerous as you can buy it in almost every supermarket in Austria...

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