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Doctors Issue Warning About Four Loko
Energy Drink
October 13, 2010 - wjbf.com
York, PA -- Looks can be deceiving...the brightly colored can is
landing people in the hospital.
Doctor Mike Reihart, Lancaster (Penssylvania) General Hospital: "I've
not seen one alcoholic beverage create this many problems this early
on."
For each of the last few weekends, Doctor Mike Reihart has seen about a
half dozen people in Lancaster General Hospital's emergency room after
drinking Four Loko.
Dr. Reihart: "People come in vomiting, unconcious...with a loss of gag
reflex. My concern is when someone gets to the point of intoxication
they can actually die."
Four Loko has caffeine like an energy drink, plus 12 percent alcohol,
that's about three times the average beer. dr. Reihart says the
23-ounce drink...one can...is equal to 6 beers.
Tom Sagonas, Thirsty's Quick Stop owner: "Yeah, I didn't get it at
first but the demand was too much, so we finally brought it in."
At Thirsty's Quick Stop, owners didn't really want to sell it, and now
that they do, it's "carry out" only.
Sagonis: "That alcohol content is probably a bad combination to have.
People drink it in house."
Young people like Rashaad Day have heard of the drink, and the test is
to try and drink four cans.
Dr. Reihart: Some of the patients that I've had, trying to get to
that mythical four, usually pass out around three because they've
ingested about 18 beers."
Dr. Reihart says it has the street name "Liquid Cocaine".
Rashaad Day, York, PA: "If you drink four, there's a couple of things
that are gonna happen. One, you're gonna act dumb. You're gonna get
really sick. You're gonna throw up and you can pontentially die."
One doctor says the people coming to the ER range from grown men to
girls as young as 16-years-old. Most have severe alcohol poisoning
after trying to drink four cans of Four Loko.
There's nothing wrong with four loko. There's something wrong about drinking like a dumbass though. No shit there's gonna be problems after 4. You black out after 2, which says thats the right amount to stop.
Yeah my boyfriend drinks these - but he's never been stupid enough to drink 4 in 1 sitting.
I wish that people didn't have to be warned about stupid things like this...it tells you what % alcohol content it is right on the can, and if you drink beer it should be obvious that it's a lot stronger than normal beers.
I thought when I saw this title that it meant that Four Loko had some other type of danger besides the alcohol content, but it's just a warning that drinking the equivalent of 24 beers can give you alcohol poisoning.
I mean, duh.
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I wish that people didn't have to be warned about stupid things like this...it tells you what % alcohol content it is right on the can, and if you drink beer it should be obvious that it's a lot stronger than normal beers.
I thought when I saw this title that it meant that Four Loko had some other type of danger besides the alcohol content, but it's just a warning that drinking the equivalent of 24 beers can give you alcohol poisoning.
Four Loko has caffeine like an energy drink, plus 12 percent alcohol, that's about three times the average beer. dr. Reihart says the 23-ounce drink...one can...is equal to 6 beers.<br>
Wait, am I just buzzed or did they just say in one sentence that a 4 loko is the same as 3 beers and 6 beers?
Stupid kids, and what is this mythical 4 beer 4 loko thing.
Four Loko has caffeine like an energy drink, plus 12 percent alcohol, that's about three times the average beer. dr. Reihart says the 23-ounce drink...one can...is equal to 6 beers.<br>
Wait, am I just buzzed or did they just say in one sentence that a 4 loko is the same as 3 beers and 6 beers?
Stupid kids, and what is this mythical 4 beer 4 loko thing.
And blacking out on 2
Yes they are saying that it is 3x more potent than the average beer, and one can of Four Loko contains about twice as much drink as the average can of beer so 1 can of Four Loko = 6 cans of Budweiser.
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The problem that nobody has picked up on is the CAFFEINE.
The simultaneous ingestion of caffeine + the alcohol is whats causing the problems.
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This shit sucks so bad only buy it if your desperate for a buzz and poor. Sparks is THE best energy drink / alcohol combo but they changed the ingredients a few years back I think. Around where I live they are kinda hard to find now.