Alcoholic Energy Drinks
In recent years, energy drinks have become wildly popular among adults and many adolescents. Individuals use these energy drinks to help stay awake for long drives, or to stay up late cramming for exams and writing papers. Many college-aged students using these energy drinks also engaged in drinking alcoholic beverages. Drink manufacturers saw a “captive audience” and developed an energy drink that mixed regular energy drinks with alcohol that would appeal to college-aged individuals. The following article discusses the dangers of such beverages.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/02/jn.aspx
After the American Psychological Association Monitor article, “The Banning of Alcoholic Energy Drinks”, consider the question(s) below. Then “submit” your response.
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One possible answer might be that the caffeine in the energy drinks appears to mask the subjective symptoms of alcohol intoxication without reducing alcohol's actual effects on motor and visual functioning.
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One possible answer might be that social media may normalize behaviors inappropriately. Young people, who often frequent social networking sites, may get an inaccurate idea from the posts of peers and friends about the frequency of alcohol and drug consumption. They may therefore be at risk of engaging in these risky behaviors because, based on the social media posts, they believe their peers are doing so.