Not all energy drinks are suitable for you. Some of the cases of excessive intoxication were due to drinking energy drink. It could seriously compromise your health.FoxNews.com reported that college students were hospitalized after downing alcoholic energy drink identified as Four Loko.
An alcohol-laced energy drink equivalent to at least three beers, a can of Red Bull and a shot of espresso has prompted a New Jersey college to ban the drink after nearly two dozen students were hospitalized for alcohol intoxication.
Since the beginning of the fall semester, officials at Ramapo College in Mahwah have seen 23 cases of students being hospitalized for excessive drinking, with a handful of them being tied to the energy drink Four Loko, also known as "blackout in a can."
Report suggests that Four Loko contained high alcohol content with a stimulant like caffeine. Experts are saying that caffeine reduces the drowsy feeling of being intoxicated, so people tend to drink more. Fatigue is your body’s way of telling you it’s had enough, so fooling the body with stimulants creates the perfect scenario for acute alcohol poisoning and potentially death.
The bottom line on the alcohol energy drink is it gets you very drunk, very quick. And Four Loko could be a dangerous substance, especially if you did not control your intake.