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• I Love You, Please Bleed Internally

  Scanner Brian told you we were done talking about Valentine's Day, but he obviously didn't realize the effect it would have on the Internets. And well, your insides. Scraps of metal were found in V-day suckers. Yeah, suck on that. Actually, don't. You might bleed to death. Posted Feb 15 2008, 02:22 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: recalls, valentine's day, candy, suckers, bleeding

• GHB Just Got a Brand New Street Name...

  ... and it is "Aqua Dots," the North American name for the GHB-laced crafting toy that we told you about yesterday. 4.2 million boxes of the things are being recalled in the U.S. and Canada after the Australian version, called Bindees, were similarly pulled from shelves. The Times has an interesting piece on how the offending chemicals were discovered following the hospitalization of a 2 year old in Sydney. We especially like the part where the British marketing guy is like "We are 99% sure that the product is safe, and also we are running tests to see how fucked we are." Oh, and for all you club kids out there kicking yourselves for not running to Toys-R-Us sooner, the official Aqua Dots website is still out there to taunt you with its trippy, space-inflected graphics. Sorry Moonbeam, guess you'll just have to keep trying to make that piss and feces buzz happen.  Posted Nov 08 2007, 10:00 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: drugs, recalls, news

• Australian Toy Recall Resembles "CSI:Miami"

  Officials across Australia are banning the toy Bindeez following the hospitalization of 3 children who ingested the small crafting beads. The popular Chinese-made product, which had won "Toy of the Year" at the Melbourne Toy and Hobby Fair, contains a chemical which, when metabolized by the human body, turns into the party drug GHB. GHB? Woah. We can think of a few clubs where Bindeez would win "Toy of the Oh My God I Think I'm Feeling It Century." Hey, does this remind anyone else of Monday's exciting episode of Caruso is the New Shatner, wherein the gang uncovered a fashion-designer-slash-drug-smuggler whose couture creations were secretly made of heroin? Oh, Tiffany Network: your endless parade of murder dramas is truly a mirror to the soul of our times. You know what we think Lt. Horatio Caine would make of all this while putting on his sunglasses? "Get the mayor on the phone. Tell him his kids are playing with Death!" Cue the Daltrey! (Via BoingBoing) Posted Nov 07 2007, 09:00 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: drugs, CSI, recalls