August 23, 2007

Bud Extra: the next Joe Camel?

First they went after the cigarette companies, then it was lead paint manufacturers. But now, complains Jane Genova at Law and More, the nanny-state enforcers have banded together to go after beer companies. No lawsuits have been filed, but 29 state AGs have protested to the feds that booze makers are unconscionably marketing alcohol-laced "energy drinks" to teenagers who, of course, aren't old enough to buy them. (Sound familiar?) The nerve of those guys...

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