Don't panic but an energy drink epidemic has been declared.

With the public interest firmly in mind, there is a new threat to America: the energy drink epidemic.

I’m sure by now you are aware of theFour Loko catastrophy in Central Washington University. Are you also aware that gangs have usedFour Loko as a weapon of rape? Or that careless energy drink representatives havekilled healthy, active, minors?

My organization, Think Before You Drink has been fighting energy drinks for quite some time. We are communicating with the FDA,Join me in petitioning the FDA, in the hopes that they ban the drinks. However, a bigger issue looms. In the new energy crisis, the role of energy addiction cannot be ignored.

We must think before we drink: http://thinkdrink.org/

The National Institute of Recreational Drinks (NIRD) has released a new study documenting the dramatic increase in cases of energy drink abuse. A large majority of Americans are at risk. An epidemic has been declared.

The study required that 200 patients at the NIRD’s Wisconsin campus involved abstain from all energy drinks for 24 hours. The patients were then asked to write about their experiences in a clinical survey. Their feelings were comparable to those of drug and alcohol addicts seeking sobriety:

"…describing their feelings when they have to
abstain from using energy drinksin literally the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addictions: In withdrawal, frantically craving, very anxious, extremely antsy, miserable, jittery, crazy."

I spoke at a conference exclaiming, “massive use of energy drinks is an epidemic that rivals the 1980 cocaine crisis. Young adults are using at such extreme levels that before they’re even aware of it, the energy-user has developed a profound psychological and physical dependence.”

I urge my fellow parents to band together and petition for the removal of energy drinks in all schools. We must take pro-active steps in saving
our youth from this terrible epidemic. The day I see a child drink an
energy drink in elementary school is the day I lose faith in our future.

We can’t let this happen. :bobby:

Sign our petition to: Margaret Hamburg, M.D. (FDA Commissioner):
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/think_before_you_drink_stop_the_energy_drink_epidemic_together

:2thumbsup: Please join me: http://thinkdrink.org/

 

Guys, I present this video that our Southern California team put together on Venice Beach of a afternoon on alcospeed (Four Loko & Joose) gone wrong:

YouTube: http://bit.ly/Joose-Projectile

Facebook: http://bit.ly/Four-Loko-Projectile

Today, in addition to voting, I hope people who are interested in this cause help get out the word that energy drinks are dangerous and that we should reexamine their sale to minors.

:mickey:

 

Banned? Who the fuck are you to tell me what I'm allowed to drink?

It's meth in a can, so what? Anything can be bad if you drink like an asshole. Why don't you write a petition to ban people from abusing things? Like government control of fucking beverages...

 

Yeah, if I want to drink them then I will.

 

Meth in a can? Wtf? Thats totally not true

 

Careful with them though. Fuck this banning drinks bullshit but they will fuck you up! lmao

Two will give me a wicked hangover, and that's very rare for me.

 

Fucking hell it's not! hahaha

 

Well, yeah they're not the healthiest thing in a can!

But, every few months there is something new in the papers about things being bad for you. Everyone has to die one day.. and there are worse things out there!

Grapefruit even gives you cancer apparently...

 

lol...this is the last site anyone should pick to tell people to lay off the "juice"

 

If anything, I'd petition the FDA not to listen to your nazi ways

 

I recommend Cocaine Energy Drink. 3 and 1/2 Red bulls in one can. Almost gives me a heart attack every time but it's quite uplifting.

 

They taste like shit!

 

Lmao can't argue with that but they do do the job.

 

This thread made me want energy drink, so I sent my sister to the store with enough to buy us each a Jolt

 

http://thinkdrink.org is a site with a clear mission to make energy drinks less appealing to youths and to report on the epidemic that is sweeping our country right in front of everyone's eyes.

Despite the alcospeed "doing the job" to get people messed up (a right of theirs), these drinks are targeted at young, and often under-age drinkers, who are unaware of the added dangers from the energy-drink factor.

Additionally, energy drinks themselves are marketed as a care-free way to pick up a boost, when in reality there are many health risks and cases of death involved with their use.

Someone needs to remind people to Think Before They Drink energy drinks, alcospeed, energy shots, etc.

Because right now, they are sitting next to the candy at the convenience store.

 

No, they're sitting in the refrigerator at the convince store by the beer & fortified wine, at least in Virginia. Don't know about in Da Bronx. Are energy drinks really that bad a problem there? Relative to, say, crack & heroin?

 

It's bad everywhere. Energy drinks have absolutely no regulation.

ESPN : 60 just did a piece on the problem

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=5726418

This isn't an out-of-nowhere epidemic, the signs have been piling up for the last four years.

 

For the Orange Burst Jolt I'm drinking:

Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, taurine, citric acid, natural flavor, caffeine, sodium benzoate, glycerol, ester of wood resin, yellow #6, guarana seed extract, panax, ginseng root extract, pyridoxine, hydrochloride, niacin, calcium pantothenate, red #40, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin