Should Alcoholic Energy Drinks be Banned?

[Burton58]

http://wyckoff.patch.com/articles/st...on-nj-campuses

i live right by wyckoff. weird

[Zullock Holmes]

This whole thing is stupid.

People get shitfaced on jack daniels, or smirnoff, or budweiser everyday and wreck their cars, engage in unprotected sex........ this shit is the same, you get fucked up, you do stupid things. Its booze.

People need to learn how to be responsible and not blame things other than themselves.

4 yegerbombs into redbull is the same as one can of 4 loko. No one says you have to drink 3 cans of this shit. If you were at a bar would you do 12 yegerbombs????

In the end.... who's at fault. The person that drank it.

just like any other drug, is it the dealer or the junkie?? the dealer is just capitalizin', free enterprise mangs

[Zullock Holmes]

wait...why does that article have arizona iced tea in it ???

i drink arnold palmer with jack in it, its delicious.

Country time pink lemonade with jack, is even more delicious.

just sayin. i'm gonna wasted on these things tonight, just for the hell of it, before i can't get em no more.

[Quartney]

Im really interested in the original question of how this even passed FDA and got on the market, did anyone find anything on that?

[HeavyMetal]

just sayin. i'm gonna wasted on these things tonight, just for the hell of it, before i can't get em no more.

its already illegal for you to drink it whether the government cans em or not

[Lawn Guyland]

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/20...onger-be-loko/

[Nick]

Im really interested in the original question of how this even passed FDA and got on the market, did anyone find anything on that?

The FDA doesn't regulate drinks that contain more than 7% alcohol. As long as the ingredients are approved by the FDA as additives, its essentially legal.

[Buffalo Phil]

The FDA doesn't regulate drinks that contain more than 7% alcohol. As long as the ingredients are approved by the FDA as additives, its essentially legal.

That I didn't know. Nick, you are indeed a wealth of Knowledge.

[LittleD]

Recently all i have heard through out my school is "that four loko fucked me up soooo bad last night, it was totally rad" I think that this is just like anything else out there, if you can't handle it, don't do it, it is that simple, and don't give the bullshit excuse that you 'need' it cause you don't.

Im not even sure on the restrictions to getting four lokos, is there a age restriction like 'SPIKE' where you have to be 18 to buy it? if not than i will have to try at least one just to see what all the hype is about, but don't forget, to much of anything makes you an addict.

[Quartney]

The FDA doesn't regulate drinks that contain more than 7% alcohol. As long as the ingredients are approved by the FDA as additives, its essentially legal.

awesome, good to know thanks! my next question if anyone knows is, is there someone who regluates drinks that do contain more than 7% alcohol??

[Buffalo Phil]

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/20...onger-be-loko/

I wonder how the Company is handling these bans.

[Nick]

awesome, good to know thanks! my next question if anyone knows is, is there someone who regluates drinks that do contain more than 7% alcohol??

Technically the ATF does, but they are more concerned about illegal trafficking than what the products actually are.

[Buffalo Phil]

Yeah, they are too busy busting my balls about guns and shit.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

I'm in agreement with the fact that they're just like any other alcoholic substance- people need to "enjoy" them responsibly.

That being said, I think they're dangerous because people don't respect the amount of alcohol in them, and down them like any other energy drink.

[YJCrawler19]

Bottom line, if people are too stupid to control what they put in their own mouths, shame on them!