The painful consequences of energy drinks doubles your risks of being harmed compared to drinking just alcohol, according to researchers from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. After surveying more than 4000 U. S. Students,

The researchers found out that compared to students who did not drink "Energy Drink Cocktails" those who did were twice as likely to:

·     Get injured

·     Require medical attention

·           Travel with a drunk driver

·     Take sexual advantage of someone

·     Be taken advantage of sexually

Energy Drink Cocktails contain high level of Caffeine and other stimulants, mixed with alcohol such as Vodka. The drinks appear to increase risky behaviors because they mask the feelings of drunkenness typically associated with alcohol. As a result, students who drank Energy Drink Cocktails drank nearly 40% more of alcohol than other students and had twice as many episodes of "weekly drunkenness" Although you may not feel "drunk" when you drink Energy Drink Cocktails; the researchers pointed out that the effects of Alcohol - such as Impaired Motion Skills, Visual Reaction times and judgment - are still there.

(Sources: American Public Health Annual Meeting November 3-7.2007. B.B.C News November 5.20071