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)
