I think the answer lies deep within a child's psyche. Triggered by a lunchroom Bully that performed daily rituals of giving wedgies and taking the child's milk money thus forcing him to sniff the dry content of his flavor-straws. A famed doctor confided in me that the root beer flavored straw can be deadly (can't say no more without breaking a trust). I must state that I have experienced the humiliation in my childhood. With one exception, in my situation, it involved Fizz knecks instead of the previously mention flavor-straw. With professional help and therapy, I have moved on to my last and dare I say it, most dangerous fear...... SONNY BOY, the Devil's elixir.