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The latest weapon in the antidrug war, Drug Alert was developed in Israel and is used by U.S. agencies for drug interdiction. It is being sold in a $49.95 kit for home use, which includes two spray cans designed to detect traces of marijuana or hashish and one for cocaine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: Just Spray No | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

A decade ago, New York City subway cars were the primary target for industrious miscreants who, armed with marker pens and aerosol paint cans, scribbled and sprayed themselves into a major problem. City officials elsewhere in the country smugly assumed that gang graffiti were a blight limited largely to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zap! You've Been Tagged! | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

In the battle against loitering teenagers, 7-Eleven stores thought about putting pointed lids on trash cans and flooding their premises with halogen lights. Finally the shops hit on the ultimate weapon: playing saccharine tunes guaranteed to send adolescents screeching into the night. Says 7-Eleven spokeswoman Margaret Chavris: "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Generations: Disenchanted Evenings | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

! Have you felt a powerful, primal urge to reach for a six-pack of Pepsi this summer? If so, blame the packaging. Sharp-eyed Pepsi drinkers have noticed that the company's summertime series of decorative Cool Cans bear a hot message: SEX, in capital letters. When two Cool Cans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PACKAGING: How to Arouse Your Thirst | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

Pepsi insists that the word is an accident, the result of a random, computer-generated design based on the letters in Pepsi's name. The company concluded the promotion last month, but some cans remain on store shelves. The fluky labeling "has become an in thing with young people," claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PACKAGING: How to Arouse Your Thirst | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

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