Energy Drink Ban

So, this might be old news to some (read: most), but several states in the U.S. are trying to stop minors from purchasing energy drinks; begging the question: are energy drinks for adults? I was under the impression they were created specifically for teenagers. When I was in high school, we had to take it upon ourselves to mix Mountain Dew with Jolt, and pour a bunch of Kool-Aid and sugar into a big thermos so we could survive the six hour school day.

An article in the Niagara Falls Review is trying to raise further concern by saying: "...students who drink alcohol mixed with energy drinks are at a higher risk for injury and other alcohol-related consequences, compared to students who drink alcohol alone..."

Dr. Mary "Iron-Fist" Claire O'Brien then hammers the point home with this terrifying twosome of redundancy: "They can drink longer without feeling drunk and drink more without feeling drunk." So the article is basically saying: "Look, we all know that students drink alcohol. There's no stopping that. However, some of them are mixing their booze with energy drinks like Monster, or Cocaine thus allowing them to drink more in a shorter period of time, achieving a level of super drunkenness that had previously not been seen outside of the rodeo. And that's not good for anyone. Except liquor stores and 7/11."

So, the new plan, instead of enforcing laws on something they've already put an age restriction on, is to find something that people use in conjunction with said item, and ban it too, in hope that everything will just work itself out. What's next on the chopping block? Cigarettes? Oh wait!