By Drew Grant 10:20am

Drugs

Just one more hit, and we're ready to face the world!

AeroShot Plans to ‘Fully Cooperate’ with F.D.A. Investigation on Caffeine Inhalers

As people who have personally experimented with the AeroShot, the breathable caffeine inhalers (to varied degrees of success), we have our own opinions of its relative safety as the latest club drug. Just like we have our own opinion on Senator Charles “Kill all the Fun Things” Schumer, who this weekend teamed up with the F.D.A. to launch a full-scale investigation into the safety of the Breathable Food product.

But now that this ball is in motion, AeroShot’s founder Tom Hadfield is agreeing to comply with the government examination of his product. Read More

By Steve Huff 2/19/12 4:26pm

Drugs

Inhalable chocolate: what could go wrong?

Sen. Charles Schumer, F.D.A. to Investigate Evils of Caffeine Inhalers

New York Senator Charles Schumer and the Food and Drug Administration have officially teamed up to declare open war on the consumer’s right to induce heart palpitations via inhalable caffeine. The Senator announced Sunday that the F.D.A. has begun the process of determining whether caffeine inhalers are a legal and safe dietary supplement and not simply a new kind of “club drug.”  Read More

By Drew Grant 1/27/12 2:11pm

taste test

Inhalable chocolate: what could go wrong?

More Fun with Le Whif Inhalable Food Products (Video)

Earlier this month, several members of the New York Observer staff took one for the team and tried out AeroShot Pure Energy, a “breathable caffeine product” that Senator Chuck Schumer has been campaigning to outlaw. It didn’t go so well.

Yet despite the liveblogging of our panic attack and possible allergic reactions to the products, the company behind AeroShot sent us more of their products, including their line of Le Whif “Whiffable Chocolate Powder.” This time, we videotaped the results. For science! Read More

By Drew Grant 1/11/12 1:00pm

Drugs

WARNING: Do not try this at home.

Workin’ With a Heart Attack-Ack-Ack: Liveblogging a Test Run of AeroShot Caffeine Inhalers

Politicians can be such buzz-kills. First they petition to take the malt beverage/overly caffeinated Sparks off the shelves, then Four Loko, and now Senator Chuck Schumer is trying to get the FDA to review AeroShot Pure Energy “a breathable caffeine product,” in light of possible safety concerns.

But how bad can inhaler full with 100 mgs of calorie-and-sugar-free caffeine actually be? After distributing the product to four members of The Observer‘s staff, we tipped our heads back and took one for the team to find out.

The results? Read More