Misha Brown was walking into his local Circle K gas station in Austin, Texas , when he says a teenage boy approached him and asked him to buy him “Feel Free.” When Brown said no, he said he believed the boy tried to grab his wallet.

Brown, 37, recounted the story in a TikTok last month that has over 23 million views.

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When he went into the store and told the attendant about the teen, she pointed to Feel Free — an herbal drink sold in small, blue, shot-size bottles that claim to offer “relaxation, productivity and focus” — and told him that people were coming in around six times a day to purchase the product, he said in the video. “It’s so addictive and people lose their minds,” he recalled the attendant saying.

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