It seems like we have one of these every month now. Last month, a six-year-old was brought to the hospital after his Gatorade was found to contain the date rape drug GHB. And I've talked about two cases -- one involving a woman who was accused of killing her husband by spiking his Gatorade, another accused of killing his wife by spiking her Gatorade. These things are obviously out of the brand's control, and it's part of being as big as they are, but it's nonetheless not a good thing. Today, a report out of Columbus, Ohio. According to NBC News in Columbus, a high school student was charged with a felony after spiking a fellow student's Gatorade with an over-the-counter sleeping medication. The student was hospitalized.
April 2007
Darren Rovell's books
Darren Rovell: First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat into a Cultural Phenomenon
Out in bookstores and online NOW. Published by AMACOM in August 2005.Darren Rovell & David M. Carter: On the Ball: What You Can Learn About Business From America's Sports Leaders
Published in February 2003 by Financial Times Prentice Hall.
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Sick world obviously not from the porducers of gatordae but sick!
- Todd Charske
Posted by: Todd Charske | May 02, 2006 at 03:41 PM
i am just amazed how people are gettin away with killin people with stupid stuff why can't people just get along
Posted by: jackie | October 17, 2006 at 01:31 PM