Energy Crisis – It’s Not Just Lattes Anymore
It’s one thing to want to be more alert for those all-nighter study sessions and to stay awake in class, but energy drinks are being abused more and more. The rising popularity of energy drinks brings another set of health and safety problems.
It’s now been found that students who frequently indulge in these drinks are more likely to engage in risky behavior, including having unprotected sex, not using seatbelts, and other dangerous activities, such as extreme sports. Associations with smoking, drinking, and illicit prescription use have also been made with energy drinks. A current craze is to use energy drinks as a magic cocktail mixer. These concoctions make rum-and-coke tame by comparison.