Schumer: Selling snortable chocolate ‘Coco Loko’ is just plain crazy
‘Like cocaine on training wheels’
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer has raised the alarm about a snortable chocolate powder being marketed to youth as a legal drug.
On Monday, Schumer called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to formally launch an investigation into “Coco Loko,” a new product that he says isn’t “real chocolate.” Coco Loko contains powdered chocolate with added stimulants and instructs users to snort it directly through the nasal cavity.
Coco Loko, created by the Florida-based company Legal Lean is made of cacao powder, along with gingko biloba, taurine and guarana, ingredients commonly found in energy drinks. These ingredients have been linked with an increase in blood pressure and may cause heart palpitations when ingested, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).