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Don wrote:It's the can version of a fag cooler.
You've seen those commercials during football games about real beer, right? Guinness for life.

YoungJRNY wrote:

Don wrote:It's the can version of a fag cooler.
You've seen those commercials during football games about real beer, right? Guinness for life.

It takes me atleast 12 beers to get me semi-wasted. I guess what people say, is that it takes ONE 24.0z can to obliterate your life, haha. Sounds nothing like faggish if you ask me.

Enigma869 wrote:This is a well known drink in Boston because of the endless colleges. Several kids have dropped dead after ingesting this stuff. I'm told it's the equivalent of 5 beers and 5 coffees, which is a bit over the top for many. Boston University just issued a warning to all of its students today about the dangers of this drink and it was just announced today that the FDA is now going to investigate this company and drink to determine whether or not it's even safe.

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/artic ... s/19703131

Associated Press Curt Woodward, Associated Press – Wed Nov 10, 9:22 pm ET
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Retailers have a week to clear millions of dollars worth of alcoholic energy drinks from their shelves after state regulators banned them Wednesday, citing the hospitalization of nine dangerously drunk college students last month.

The emergency ban, similar to those in Michigan, Utah and Oklahoma, takes effect Nov. 18. Washington's rule targets beer-based drinks that also feature caffeine, such as the malt-liquor energy drink Four Loko.

Some universities also have banned boozy energy drinks from campus while the federal Food and Drug Administration reviews their safety, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called Wednesday for a ban in his state.

Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire, who requested Washington's ban, said a strong caffeine-and-alcohol combination could encourage drinking too much by masking alcohol's regular depressant effects. She also said alcohol-based energy drinks — sometimes fruit-flavored, often sold in brightly colored cans — are too appealing to young drinkers.

"It's no different than the kind of appeal that Joe Camel had to our kids when it came to cigarettes," she said Wednesday.

Alcoholic energy drinks drew national attention after an October party in Roslyn, a picturesque mountain town known as the place where part of the 1990s television series "Northern Exposure" was filmed.

Nine Central Washington University students who drank Four Loko were hospitalized with blood-alcohol levels ranging from 0.12 percent to 0.35 percent, and a female student nearly died, university President James L. Gaudino said. A blood-alcohol concentration of 0.30 percent is considered potentially lethal.

Police reported a chaotic scene, with students passed out and so drunk officers originally thought they had overdosed on drugs.

All the hospitalized students were inexperienced drinkers — freshmen ranging in age from 17 to 19. Toxicology results showed no drugs in anyone's bloodstream, other than a small amount of marijuana, university police Chief Steve Rittereiser said.

Some students admitted drinking vodka, rum and beer with Four Loko, which is made by Phusion Projects Inc., of Chicago. A Phusion spokesman did not immediately respond with comment on Washington's ban, but the company has said it takes pains not to market to underage drinkers.

Washington's emergency ban specifically covers products that combine beer, strong beer or malt liquor with caffeine, guarana, taurine or other similar substances found in regular energy drinks.

Washington's beer and wine distributors were troubled by the quick turnaround to remove Four Loko and similar products from store shelves. They had hoped the state Liquor Control Board would give the industry a month to handle the change.

Lobbyists for the Washington Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association said the ban would affect about $3 million worth of products already in retailers' hands, much of it in convenience stores.

Any drinks that can't be sold before Nov. 18 could be returned to wholesalers. Those distributors aren't obliged to buy the products back, but probably will to maintain good standing with their retail customers, lobbyist Ron Main said.

It will then be up to the wholesalers to find a way to return the product to manufacturers or move it to other states.

"We're not going to be able to move $3 million in inventory in a week," Main said.

Washington's ban is good for 120 days, but could be made permanent by the state Liquor Control Board or Legislature.

Saint John wrote:That drink sounds so fucking ghetto, not to mention gross.

Starrider wrote:Four Loko has been in the news around here for being banned at Ramapo College. A number of students were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning as a result of drinking this stuff.

http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-nj-college-bans-alcoholic-energy-drink,0,7903876.story

Ehwmatt wrote:Fuck this shit. I drink beer, vodka, captain morgan, and occasionally, tequila. That's it.

I hate those goddamn energy drinks. I've had one Red Bull in my life and I felt horrible. Can't imagine infusing booze with it too. Oh wait, I can. One of my old drinking buddies frequently used to insist on Jaegerbombs and "Cherry/Grape Bombs" (red bull/flavored vodka) as the preamble to our night. I got real hammered with him a few times starting off with a healthy amount of that kinda shit and it felt horrible. I'd wake up at 6 am 3 hoursa fter bed, when the extreme drunkenness had worn off. But, the caffeine was still making your heart pound and whatever else is in that shit that tears up your stomach was making your stomach feel doubly awful in addition to the booze. The worst thing is, you couldn't sleep it off because you were so amped up. Fuckin gross.

YoungJRNY wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Fuck this shit. I drink beer, vodka, captain morgan, and occasionally, tequila. That's it.

I hate those goddamn energy drinks. I've had one Red Bull in my life and I felt horrible. Can't imagine infusing booze with it too. Oh wait, I can. One of my old drinking buddies frequently used to insist on Jaegerbombs and "Cherry/Grape Bombs" (red bull/flavored vodka) as the preamble to our night. I got real hammered with him a few times starting off with a healthy amount of that kinda shit and it felt horrible. I'd wake up at 6 am 3 hoursa fter bed, when the extreme drunkenness had worn off. But, the caffeine was still making your heart pound and whatever else is in that shit that tears up your stomach was making your stomach feel doubly awful in addition to the booze. The worst thing is, you couldn't sleep it off because you were so amped up. Fuckin gross.

Oh yeah, I was def buzzin, even in my sleep. I think I woke up at like, 4:00 in the morning just smiling at the wall. Then fell back asleep haha.

Don wrote:It's the can version of a fag cooler.
You've seen those commercials during football games about real beer, right? Guinness for life.

Enigma869 wrote:This is a well known drink in Boston because of the endless colleges. Several kids have dropped dead after ingesting this stuff. I'm told it's the equivalent of 5 beers and 5 coffees, which is a bit over the top for many. Boston University just issued a warning to all of its students today about the dangers of this drink and it was just announced today that the FDA is now going to investigate this company and drink to determine whether or not it's even safe.

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/artic ... s/19703131

YoungJRNY wrote:I love these things and aren't NOWHERE NEAR.. not even close to the scrutiny that comes forth when talking this product. I had a Four LoKo last night and was completley fine sipping on it. I also had 2 beers to see the difference in taste and the Rolling Rock I consumed instantly fuzzed in my stomach and was hard for my stomach to take the sud and horrible tasting after-taste.

Why do I have to go along with a ban of a energy drink because idiotic, underage teenagers are shotgunning these things and acting like the morons they are?

If they are going to pull the plug on LoKos, then pull the plug on Mad Dawg and other mixed alcoholic beverages on the market that you can order at any bar to begin with like YagerBombs. What a crock. As long as your of age, it shouldn't matter to the casual. It's these college punks that ruin it for everyone else and this is coming from a person who doesn't drink much. LoKo's do the trick and give you a one and done buzz. That's it.

Rockindeano wrote:

YoungJRNY wrote:I love these things and aren't NOWHERE NEAR.. not even close to the scrutiny that comes forth when talking this product. I had a Four LoKo last night and was completley fine sipping on it. I also had 2 beers to see the difference in taste and the Rolling Rock I consumed instantly fuzzed in my stomach and was hard for my stomach to take the sud and horrible tasting after-taste.

Why do I have to go along with a ban of a energy drink because idiotic, underage teenagers are shotgunning these things and acting like the morons they are?

If they are going to pull the plug on LoKos, then pull the plug on Mad Dawg and other mixed alcoholic beverages on the market that you can order at any bar to begin with like YagerBombs. What a crock. As long as your of age, it shouldn't matter to the casual. It's these college punks that ruin it for everyone else and this is coming from a person who doesn't drink much. LoKo's do the trick and give you a one and done buzz. That's it.

I just got me a four pack for tonight. I will submit my report quickly thereafter.

YoungJRNY wrote:

Rockindeano wrote:

YoungJRNY wrote:I love these things and aren't NOWHERE NEAR.. not even close to the scrutiny that comes forth when talking this product. I had a Four LoKo last night and was completley fine sipping on it. I also had 2 beers to see the difference in taste and the Rolling Rock I consumed instantly fuzzed in my stomach and was hard for my stomach to take the sud and horrible tasting after-taste.

Why do I have to go along with a ban of a energy drink because idiotic, underage teenagers are shotgunning these things and acting like the morons they are?

If they are going to pull the plug on LoKos, then pull the plug on Mad Dawg and other mixed alcoholic beverages on the market that you can order at any bar to begin with like YagerBombs. What a crock. As long as your of age, it shouldn't matter to the casual. It's these college punks that ruin it for everyone else and this is coming from a person who doesn't drink much. LoKo's do the trick and give you a one and done buzz. That's it.

I just got me a four pack for tonight. I will submit my report quickly thereafter.

NICE BRO! I love them, have one every other night or so. Wish I can get a pack myself. You'll find out one isn't too harmful but maybe by the end of two it'll start gettin serious! Let me know what you think.

Rockindeano wrote:

YoungJRNY wrote:

Rockindeano wrote:

YoungJRNY wrote:I love these things and aren't NOWHERE NEAR.. not even close to the scrutiny that comes forth when talking this product. I had a Four LoKo last night and was completley fine sipping on it. I also had 2 beers to see the difference in taste and the Rolling Rock I consumed instantly fuzzed in my stomach and was hard for my stomach to take the sud and horrible tasting after-taste.

Why do I have to go along with a ban of a energy drink because idiotic, underage teenagers are shotgunning these things and acting like the morons they are?

If they are going to pull the plug on LoKos, then pull the plug on Mad Dawg and other mixed alcoholic beverages on the market that you can order at any bar to begin with like YagerBombs. What a crock. As long as your of age, it shouldn't matter to the casual. It's these college punks that ruin it for everyone else and this is coming from a person who doesn't drink much. LoKo's do the trick and give you a one and done buzz. That's it.

I just got me a four pack for tonight. I will submit my report quickly thereafter.

NICE BRO! I love them, have one every other night or so. Wish I can get a pack myself. You'll find out one isn't too harmful but maybe by the end of two it'll start gettin serious! Let me know what you think.

36 minutes til commencement of 1st drink. I plan on drinking them all.

YoungJRNY wrote:
Oh God damn you beast. MEDIC! What kind did you get?

Saint John wrote:

YoungJRNY wrote:
Oh God damn you beast. MEDIC! What kind did you get?

True story ... Dean and I snuck down to the bar at PF Changs (under the ruse of "going to the bathroom") when we were in Vegas having dinner with Lula, Lynn, Mel, Gayle, Rhiannon, and a few others (pardon me, to anyone I forgot). We walk up to the bar and he orders 2 beers and 2 shots of Jagermeister. Then he looks at me and says, "What do you want?"

Then there's the whole Yankee Doodle's debacle where I got wasted during an NBA Finals game 2 years ago and started referring to Kobe Bryant as "the rapist." Not a really good idea when you're in a bar in CALIFORNIA. Anyway, that night, Dean and I must have plowed through 30 beers each. I went and passed out. He went to work.

The moral of the story is that the dude can drink ... and I mean drink.