Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Alcohol-energy drink craze fueling concern

The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL) August 18:

"The latest drinking craze on college campuses - and even at high school parties - is what many experts call a dangerous mix of caffeinated energy drinks and alcohol. Roberts said the drinks create a 'triad of problems,' by combining students, whose decision-making skills are underdeveloped, with alcohol, which impairs good decision-making, and caffeine, which simply makes them alert, but not quick to react.  'It's something that we're aware of, particularly in a college town,' Roberts said. 'It destroys your coordination and judgment.'   Which leads some people to actually get behind the wheel of a car."
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