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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.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Macthaknife615/ Macthaknife615

    We all knew Red Bull was cocaine in a can

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KaiDiamondOasis/ KaiDiamondOasis

    I bet it gives U wings lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TruSkool71/ TruSkool71

    A microgram is measured as one-millionth of a gram. This is a VERY SMALL amount. However, if it was detectable in the lab, can it be detected in a drug test as, for example, a condition of employment?

    If the answer to that is yes, then Red Bull needs to be taken off the market.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/burgstyle82/ burgstyle82

    I knew you had to be a crack head to like that s**t…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/agbmorpheus/ agbmorpheus

    Excuse my ignorance on this, but Rick James said it best: Cocaine’s a hell of a drug.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    That’s EXACTLY why I never snorted… I mean drank that… EVER!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NtelligentlyInclined/ NtelligentlyInclined

    All I know is I get tested REGULARLY at work, I drink plenty of Red Bull, and I’ve never tested positive. So however much “cocaine” is in it, it cant be too harmful.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DAT_WET_FREAK/ DAT_WET_FREAK

    well we all gonna have some type of drug in our system one day i jus say drink up!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PUSSI-MONSTER/ PUSSI-MONSTER

    WATCH DAVE CHAPPLLES SHOW HE WAS TALKIN BOUT DAT …..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BabyGyrl810/ BabyGyrl810

    smh….coco-cola again….smh…redbull is nasty anyway..if they are gonna take it off the market take it off cus its nasty….i, myself perfer rockstar and crunk juice lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/0VancouverHurts/ 0VancouverHurts

    im cravin some redbull now! yeah its gross. rockstar n jolts taste way better.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Big--Blu/ Big–Blu

    THATS A GOT DAM SHAME NO WONDA IT GIVES U WINGS..LOL..COCA LEAF IS THE SAME THING THEY USE TO MAKE COCAINE…BUT ALLOT MORE PRODUCTS IS USED WITH COCA LEAF…LOL S**T CRAZY..IF SO SAY IT DONT KEEP IT A SECRETE TILL SOME OTHER SCIENTIST FIND OUT LOL YO GOVERNMENT DONT CARE ABOUT US..THEY PUT COCAINE IN IT TO GET U HOOKED…THATS Y U DRINK IT SO MUCH Ntelligentlyinclinded lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    This is very interesting for me because back in 1998, I drank my first Red Bull and had what was later (after the paramedics picked me up)said to be an anxiety attack. Something in it I remember distinctively made my blood pressure go up so high (and no I did not have high blood pressure)that I collapsed onto the floor. I have not drank a Red Bull since. I do believe it is true. I knew I wasn’t out there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stylez82/ Stylez82

    Which goes to show you that all you have to do is pay taxes on it and drugs can be legal

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stylez82/ Stylez82

    Which goes to show you that all you have to do is pay taxes on it and drugs can be legal. I think i will create Weedarettes lol and have newport distribute

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/specialkindalady/ specialkindalady

    Dam nat! If it’ll make me run around and lose weight like I’m on legal crack–I want me summa dat! I want my RED BULL!!! LOL!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARKMYSTIC1/ DARKMYSTIC1

    COCAINE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE SMALL TRACE AMOUNT’S IN COUGH SYRUP I BET,ASPRIN AND RUBBING MESSAGE MEDICINES HELL YOU NEVER WHO GIVES A DAMM AS LONG AS IT TRACE AMOUNTS NOT DAM GRAMS, KILO’S OUNCE’S GET A GRIP WHO GIVE’S A DAMM,IT’S MORE TOO LIFE TOO TALK ABOUT THAN SMALL PORTIONS LACED SPORTS DRINKS [S**T ] IAM OUT TAKE CARE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARKMYSTIC1/ DARKMYSTIC1

    COCAINE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE SMALL TRACE AMOUNT’S IN COUGH SYRUP I BET,ASPRIN AND RUBBING MESSAGE MEDICINES HELL YOU NEVER KNOW WHO GIVES A DAMM AS LONG AS IT TRACE AMOUNTS NOT DAM GRAMS, KILO’S OUNCE’S GET A GRIP WHO GIVE’S A DAMM,IT’S MORE TOO LIFE TOO TALK ABOUT THAN SMALL PORTIONS LACED SPORTS DRINKS [S**T ] IAM OUT TAKE CARE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/313rdAssassin/ 313rdAssassin

    And in the famous words of Tyrone Biggums:

    “Crack in a can baby!! Shazam!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JJ_lawva01/ JJ_lawva01

    I knew I liked Red Bull for a reason.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigbendalibra/ bigbendalibra

    Every comment under me made me laugh lol..

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