Banning the Deadly Witch’s Brew

Ever heard of Four Loko? If you haven’t, then sigh in relief that you’ve never been intro­duced to this blend of alco­hol and caffeine—a blend that has been labeled “toxic” by New York Sen­a­tor Charles Schumer.

We all know the ter­ri­ble effects and con­se­quences of drink­ing while dri­ving; how­ever, many don’t know that being caf­feinated can be just as bad while dri­ving. Hyper-alert, aggres­sive, and men­tally tired despite being phys­i­cally awake, caf­feine has a shock­ing his­tory of deadly crashes. (Espe­cially with all those teens who rely on a Red Bull or a Star­bucks frapp to get them through the day after stay­ing up late, most likely on the computer.)

Well, try mul­ti­ply­ing the effects of alco­hol and caf­feine together, and then squar­ing that answer, and then shoot­ing it straight into hyper­space. That’s approx­i­mately the extent of the effects of this clev­erly dis­guised poi­son. Mix­ing alco­hol and caf­feine cre­ates the kind of explo­sion in your mind that shak­ing up a bot­tle of coke, stuff­ing men­tos into your mouth, and then pour­ing that coke down your throat, does. But so, so much worse. Can you even imag­ine what state you’ll be in after drink­ing one of those, espe­cially if you’re try­ing to drive? Not pretty. Even for adults who can legally drink alcohol.

So it’s no won­der that sev­eral states in the U.S. have decided to ban such evil drinks. Not only are states such as New York, Michi­gan, Okla­homa, Utah, and Wash­ing­ton ban­ning such drinks, but many col­lege cam­puses are as well. Smart move, really. Espe­cially con­sid­er­ing brands such as Four Loko con­tain as much caf­feine as three cups of cof­fee and as much alco­hol as three cans of beer in a sin­gle 23.5 ounce can. Wow.

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