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Ogla



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Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks
#14444954 - 05/13/11 11:12 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks May 13, 2011 9:42 AM CDT By Erica L. Rodriguez
AUSTIN - Texas lawmakers are cracking down on sales of highly caffinated energy drinks.
On Thursday, the House approved a ban that would take alcohol-based energy drinks off the market.
Supporters of the ban say that mixing alcohol with high-caffeine drinks have led to heart attacks and car accidents.
The Food and Drug Administration warned at least four companies, which produce the drinks, that their products were unsafe.
According to the National Conferences of State Legislatures, at least 13 states have already banned the sale of one Four Loko. However, recently the company that makes Four Loko, announced that it had removed caffine from the product.
http://www.kxxv.com/story/14640396/texas-house-approves-ban-on-alcoholic-energy-drinks
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Re: Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks [Re: Ogla]
#14445050 - 05/13/11 11:29 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Damnit. Looks like I'll have to go back to adding high proof whiskey to my thrice brewed, heavily caffeinated coffee.
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Re: Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks [Re: destructo_low]
#14445116 - 05/13/11 11:43 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just buy some red bull and jagermeister. Much better than a four loko any day
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Re: Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks [Re: MilkdudTitties]
#14445202 - 05/13/11 12:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'll just go back to Coke(blow) n Crown, just like Stevie Ray Vaughan, helped him fly better didnt it?
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Re: Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks [Re: 2jew4u]
#14445508 - 05/13/11 01:23 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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At first i thought this whole situation was completely stupid, because like everyone has mentioned you can just buy both separate and mix them!
But then i realized that with drinks like Four Loko there's quite a bit of caffeine in them, compared to me just taking a sip or 2 of a Monster, Rockstar, etc. as a chaser.
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Re: Texas House approves ban on alcoholic energy drinks [Re: Ogla]
#14445620 - 05/13/11 01:44 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This doesn't make any sense. The FDA already banned these products federally.
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Supporters of the ban say that mixing alcohol with high-caffeine drinks have led to heart attacks and car accidents.
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