Four Loko Company Defends Caffeinated Booze
Colleges Sound Warning on Four Loko
These are just a few of the news stories I found about the new 12%
alcohol malt liquor type, high energy drink that has been my son’s drug
of choice lately. They have been called “blackout in a can” and “liquid
crack.” I haven’t tasted one of them myself, because I have already
branded them as E-V-I-L.
These drinks are dangerous because of the high alcohol content to which they have added 150mg of
caffeine. Men’s Health Magazine answered the question in this article “
What am I Doing to my Body When I Combine Booze and Caffeine?“
The Four Loko and Earthquake are made by the same company, Drink Four
Brewing. They both have 12% alcohol but the Earthquake does not have
caffeine. College kids are drinking the sweet flavored Four Loko and
don’t realize how much alcohol they are getting until it’s too late. I
have seen what they do to my son and it’s not pretty. When I took him
to a
treatment center earlier this year, he had been drinking Earthquakes and his BAC was .394 (which is critical).
Colleges
are banning these E-V-I-L drinks and the manufacturer is being asked to
stop sales until they can be studied by the FDA. I hope they remove
them from the shelves in my town before my son ODs on alcohol.
