] SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - Marijuana-scented cell ] phone covers caused such a buzz in Australia that the ] company selling them had to pull them out of a technology ] fair in Sydney Wednesday. ] ] ] Local authorities and New South Wales state Premier Bob ] Carr slammed the green, marijuana-motif covers as ] promoting drug use to young people. ] ] "A big over-reaction," said Robert Punch, founder, owner ] and CEO of Corporate Phone Covers. ] ] "It's a novelty. You wouldn't go and buy a big block of ] chocolate after smelling the chocolate one," he said. ] ] Made in China and arrayed next to chocolate, strawberry, ] blueberry, cherry and rose-scented snap-on covers, the ] marijuana version sold well, though only to the over 18s, ] Punch said. ] ] "It sells better than the strawberry, much better," he ] said. |