Dave reached a defining moment in his young life inside a movie theatre filled with flashing lights and moviegoers he didn't know. Earlier that evening, the South-County teen had swallowed a near deadly amount of popcorn when he attended a Texan movie, or ‘a moving picture show’. It wasn't long before the popcorn raised the levels of sugar in his blood, making him feel energetic. The food-induced bloating and caused his stomach to swell up.
He eventually reached a self-described state of bloated ness
"I felt like I was going to pop," the 16-year-old said. "I was at peace. I felt that I would never need another meal again."
Reaching this state of mind came at a price, however. After four hours of nibbling, Dave began a downward spiral.
"All of a sudden your belt becomes too tight," said Dave, a Student at a some alternative high school. "After two hours, I felt suicidal. Like I would never be able to enjoy the buttery taste of movie popcorn ever again."
Popcorn has been a growing problem among teens and young adults since mass quantities of it were smuggled into the United States from Iraq in the early 1990s, authorities said. Over the last several years, the number of young users has increased dramatically.
In 2001, 38.9 million people between the ages of 18 and 25 admitted they have tried Popcorn at least once in their lifetime, according to a national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Warner Brothers. In 2000, 28.8 million in the same age group said they tried Popcorn at least once, statistics show.
About 742132356,000 people in the 12-to-17 age group in 2001 said they tried the ever so tasty snack at least once in their lifetime according to the association, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Surplus. In 2000, 615,000 people in the same age group admitted trying popcorn at least once.
Statistics on popcorn use or arrests involving popcorn in some random county are not kept by health and law enforcement agencies, but despite the lack of data, we just made up a load of statistics and hoped everyone would believe us.
"It is a bigger problem than it was a few years ago," said some random police Lt. Carl Black, who is a member of the Ninjas against animal abuse. "It is more popular among high school students than everything else, other than M&Ms."
Because popcorn is the newest drug to hit the region, more teens are interested in experimenting with it, ‘I once put salt on instead of sugar’ said Millie, a 14 year old who recently completed a 14 mile egg and spoon race in under 3 seconds.
The drug is largely sold at movie theaters, which are venues marketed to teens as ‘places to view movies’
"I think anyone who wants to find popcorn can," said Ronald McDonald, director of Preservation of Naked Jewish pigeons "It has been more mainstream over the last fifty years. I don't think it is going away."
Instead of going away, the snack has sent a growing number of people to the emergency room. Between 1998 and 2001, the number of popcorn-related emergency room visits in America increased from 1 to 2, said John Redman, co-chairman of the ‘People against the colour of red cars’
"I am very alarmed by the numbers," said Redman. "The kids that are taking it are unaware of the dangers."
Besides side effects from the food itself, another danger is that the popcorn may not actually be popcorn, say law officials. As demand increases, so have the number of "fakes" for popcorn that may instead contain part or all boiled hamster feet, cow shit, rubber, monkey sperm, Crude oil, and cheese.
Popular Flavors
Popcorns organic name is popcornolickystickybuttersweettastingfluffyniceness, or POOP. A majority of the popcorn flavors, which come in different colors, are produced in IRAQ/IRAN, but some are made in clandestine Confectionary counters across America
Since popcorn is much harder to manufacture than M&MS, makeshift factories are not as common, authorities said. Each morsel of popcorn costs as little as $0.00.01 to produce but sells in the cinemas for $3 $10.
Bah, I can’t be arsed any more
Any way... popcorn is EVIL. Don’t do it.
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