Having braved a childhood rife with the evils of candy, today’s parents of toddlers will allow no sugary green ‘pot’ candy to corrupt their children’s morals and their teeth. They’re right, this is a gateway candy, some are threatening to throw the mint flavored candy away if it is found in the treat bags of their toddlers, who presumably would recognize the shape of a pot leaf.
You cannot be too vigilant, I know. I picked up a smoking habit at age five when neighborhood parents failed to intervene and stop the corner store from selling blah-tasting cigarette candy sticks. That’s not all, tricky marketers doomed millions of us to a life of surreptitious puffing via their bubble gum molded into the shape of a brightly colored, illegal Cuban cigar.
Although the pot candy company only intends to make a political statement, and not turn children to pot smokers, you stand firm anti-pot parents! Millions have discovered pot over the years on their own. You might notice your emotionally unstable teens lazing constantly, and moving only when he or she is not raiding the refrigerator. If this nefarious marketing ploy catches on, they might even try mint candy.