Cocaine test prompts Red Bull removal in Germany

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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 liter 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 flavoring, and a test it commissioned itself found no cocaine traces.

The Associated Press: Cocaine test prompts Red Bull removal in Germany

So now you know whats giving you wings :P
 
I wonder what all these so called ENERGY DRINKS have ???
I mean are they injected with some kinds of steroids ??

PS: I have no experience of having any energy drink except Glucon D Orange Flavor :ohyeah:
 
cAFfeINe is in the drinks. Hence red bull gives you wings like these <--

Some have synthetic caf hence u get a sharp high and it goes away equally fast (what we get very commonly here).

Very very few brands have natural caf which gives a smooth high and tapers off nicely, not avail in India afaik tho...
 
i have used Red Bull in the past , and i can be sure of the fact that it can give you wings!

P.S: used it once as a energy solution on my non-stop bike ride to G-O-A. I always thought it has a lot of the other "c" read : caffeine , but Cocaine!!!
 
Hmm... I have not tried these energy caffaine drinks, have tried Red Bull once ages ago probably. I say probably because I can't remember it was red bull or some other energy drink, most probably red bull.

Anyway, I still rely on double shot espresso for that caffeine kick. Nothing works like good ol' coffee for me. :)
 
++1 for good ol' coffee

Tastier, healthier (?) and cheaper

The only time I grab an energy drink is when I have to do a long distance highway driver late at night and availability of coffee may be a problem
 
Vince said:
Someone tell Sunnyboi!!! (Check out his pics on orkut..)
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errr I drink Krating Daeng, which is very different from redbull :P although it has the redbull tag :lol:

BTW here is a pic of my drawer :P

 
vrd said:
i was pretty surprised after reading this article too,..but just FYI this article mentions Red Bull Cola and not regular Red Bull which we get here.
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Well spotted, the title is misleading from that pov and really ought to mention it. We don't get red bull cola in this country last time i checked.

superczar said:
The only time I grab an energy drink is when I have to do a long distance highway driver late at night and availability of coffee may be a problem
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Is this a wise thing to do in this country ?

Most ppl have always told me watch out for those damn lorries as highways here are not as wide as they should be. IOW get your long distance driving done in the daytime. Which is the exact opposite in more developed countries, much safer to drive late at night as there is so little traffic and the roads are good.

Given you have this habit of migrating northwards at the onset of winter, i suppose you might have some interesting 'workarounds'.
 
vrd said:
just FYI this article mentions Red Bull Cola and not regular Red Bull which we get here.
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awww man.... just when i thought there was a legal and much cheaper way to get some C...

btw, does red bull really give 'wings'? i have tried it a couple of times and found it to be boring. :P the taste isnt great or anything and i didnt feel any 'energy' going up through my body either.
 
Try sticking some vodka in it then :D

Did not know there were many above legal age that drink it straight anyways.
 
ohh.. I am addicted Rudbull drinker.. is it same in India??

Omg.. I've to stop drinking it.. :O
 
i also prefer red bull over coffee,..dunno why but coffee just doesn't do the trick for me,..i always feel more sleepy after i drink it,..but with red bull i have stayed awake for about 28 hrs straight. although :S <--this literally was my condition after it.
blr_p said:
We don't get red bull cola in this country last time i checked.
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nope red bull cola is not available in india,..it is available in only a handfull of countries mostly european i guess.

viralbug said:
awww man.... just when i thought there was a legal and much cheaper way to get some C...
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:P
 
blr_p said:
Try sticking some vodka in it then :D

Did not know there were many above legal age that drink it straight anyways.
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damn why didnt i think of that? :D

even i didnt know so many people drink red bull. i thought hardly anyone even went near one.
 
SunnyBoi said:
errr I drink Krating Daeng, which is very different from redbull :P although it has the redbull tag :lol:

BTW here is a pic of my drawer :P

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i thought krating daeng was the company which originally made the drink which was later bought by red bull. its a thai company i think.
 
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