The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recent warning that Cocaine was being illegally marketed as a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement.

FDA officials cited statements such as 'Speed in a Can', 'Liquid Cocaine', and 'Cocaine -- Instant Rush' found on the packaging and website in support of their claims.

The Attorney Generals for Connecticut and Illinois recently forced the makers to stop marketing Cocaine in those states, while a judge in Texas has ended distribution there.

"Our goal is to literally flush Cocaine down the drain across the nation," said Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for Connecticut.

"Our main complaint about Cocaine is its name and marketing strategy seeking to glorify illegal drug use and exploit the allure of marketing 'Speed in a Can,' as it called the product."

The manufacturers insists Cocaine, on sale since August 2006, contains no drugs and is marketed as an energy drink.

"Of course, we intended for Cocaine energy drink to be a legal alternative the same way that celibacy is an alternative to premarital sex," said Bud Ivey of Redux Beverages, makers of Cocaine.

"It's not the same thing and no one thinks it is. Our product doesn't have any cocaine in it. No one thinks that it does."