Apparently there is a new beverage market out there among twenty-somethings for a drink that mixes alcohol and caffeine and is sold in brightly-colored cans reminiscent of Red Bull.
This is considered to be particularly dangerous because a) it is targeted towards young (barely-of-age) drinkers and b) the effects of the caffeine mask the effects of the alcohol, causing those partaking to be unable to recognize how “drunk” they actually are.
According to the story, one twenty-something was admitted to the hospital and found to have a blood alcohol level of .40.
Yikes. That can’t be good.
This does bring to mind a persistent question I have: why is it that it is legal in this country to get married (that is, decide you are ready to decide who you want to spend the rest of your life with, raise children with, etc., etc.) and join the Army (kill! kill! blood and guts and veins in your teeth [blame Arlo Guthrie, not me]) at the age of 18, but aren’t considered responsible enough to consume alcohol until you’re 21.
Just wondering. Maybe it’s just me.
i’m also just wondering… when a drunk person realise that they are drunk? and if they do what do they do about it? because isn’t that the state of being drunk?
mixing caffeine makes it dangerous coz one’s a supressant and the others not. how do these things get past the regulators?