Beer On, Cocaine Off Grocery List

I imagine the whole world has heard by now that Wisconsin grocery stores will be offering free samples of beer, but not everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. An alderman from, get this, Green Bay petitioned the city council to enact an ordinance banning the practice in Green Bay. His concerns included the problem of giving little children bad example as well as getting a licensed bartender to do the serving. My students were already talking about grocery store-hopping instead of bar-hopping as an activity...something you heard about here first. Anyway, the city council said something like, "Yeah, thanks for the input. We'll get back to you on this one." Whew! Brews safe for free distribution. I'd have to be driving to Manitowoc for my free samples, and drinking and driving are definitely a bad combination (of course, I'd be walking to the store in Green Bay!)
With that being said, I need to note that Redux Beverages has decided to take its product called "Cocaine" off the shelves. "Speed in a can" "Liquid Cocaine" "Cocaine--instant rush!" were some slogans used to market said product.
I think the FDA looked a bit askance at these techniques and "asked" Redux to address the issue.
Supposedly an energy-type stimulant drink, Cocaine will be renamed and be back on the shelves sometime soon. Name? I don't know, but it probably won't be "Heroin" or "Crack!" "Meth-Me" might be a possibility. More to come on this one.
The Attorney General in Connecticut said, "Our goal is to literally flush Cocaine down the drain across the nation." I need to introduce him to the folks in Milwaukee who recently inadvertantly (so they say)dumped more than a million gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan (source of drinking water for lots of folks).
Meanwhile...keep looking to the grocery stores in Wisconsin to provide that little high point in your day!