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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:
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Get injured
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Require medical attention
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Travel with a drunk driver
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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
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are still there.
(Sources: American Public Health Annual Meeting
November 3-7.2007. B.B.C
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