Energy Drinks the New Antichrist
Well energy fiends, it looks like energy drinks are now being blamed for almost all of society’s evils. According to this article posted on the Northwest Arkansas News website, one would think energy drinks are pure liquid evil.
“Heavy energy drink use among young adults may be a red flag for problem behavior. Researchers at the University of Buffalo studied nearly 800 college students on their energy drink consumption and other activities. They found students who had six or more energy drinks per month were three times more likely to smoke cigarettes, abuse prescription drugs and get into fights than those who didn’t drink them. They were also more likely to have alcohol-related problems, unsafe sex and smoke marijuana. Researchers found caucasian men reported the highest consumption of energy drinks. Some countries have restricted energy drink use to certain age groups, or require warnings on the labels, but the U.S. has not required regulation yet.”
Who comes up with these studies and what do they seek to accomplish? Perhaps they are trying to ruin the enjoyment of energy drinks for the millions of young adults who drink them and don’t indulge in the 7 deadly sins after drinking them.
Come on, does anyone really believe that energy drinks have any ingredients in them that can cause people to lose control of their inhibitions and have unsafe sex and do drugs?
I believe it’s more like those who are already engaging in all that destructive behavior just so happen to also enjoy drinking energy drinks.
After all, the study only looked at college students who have always been known to be a little more wild and risky than other population groups.
It’s not the energy drink, it’s the people who drink them.
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I second what Dusty said. Once I was shown a “convincing” article by an anti-energy-drink person and casually read through it. Afterward, I mentioned what was wrong with just about every other sentence, or like how the entire thing was a complete bias against energy drinks. For example, it decided to mention the evil Spike Shooter and how it sent a high school girl to a hospital. I smelled bullshit immediately. 300mg is a lot to take at one time, but it isn’t enough to send someone to the hospital in one can. Maybe a small child, actually yeah, probably a small child, but not a high schooler. I didn’t even need to do any extra research to know she must have already had an energy drink or two that day. It also mentioned how a guy went to the emergency room after drinking 8 cans of Rockstar. Well is that even worth mentioning? People don’t make such a big deal out of coffee, and I guarantee you that if I drank 128oz of espresso and went to the emergency room, everyone would be saying “That stupid kid,” not “coffee is the drink of the devil.”
OK, well even if you drink more than 6 energy drinks a month, which I have been doing for a year and a half now, it’s still an easy choice to say no to ALL that stuff if you have never done it before. Plus, some of that stuff can be turned around. Smoking causes energy drink usage. Drinking causes it, because of the hang overs. And the thing about unsafe sex? That just sounds thrown in there. And anyway, that is ALL typical frat boy stuff. I have never felt like smoking, doing drugs, or drinking, EVER, so I personally think this is just written by some angry person who won’t look at any other reasons why people start that sort of stuff.
There is a perfectly logical explanation for this correlation…haha that rhymes. Anyhow, when do you do these “risky behaviors”? At night…what are you at night? SLEEPY!!! What do you need to make yourself unsleepy?…Caffeine! Well wouldn’t you know, some people need help staying up late haha. Next thing you know you will hear someone telling us that band aids are to blame for illegal skateboarding.
I hate that the media and parents attack energy drinks because it’s easy. I said once before in another comment that they are too lazy to take on the real problems, and not only are they attacking energy drinks, but they’ve succeeded in “taking on” those real problems by blaming them on energy drinks! I underestimated the laziness of these people. I agree with an above statement that people who do illicit activities are also energy drinkers, not the other way around. I’ve got over 350 different energy drinks, and i haven’t felt any urges to shoot up. I never completely understood why energy drinks were scapegoated constantly…but then again, neither did rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal, or video games. Politicians, parents, and media know that it would take too much work to solve the actual problems. So they blame them on the current counter-culture movement or whatever the kids are doing. They fight what they don’t understand. Basic human nature, but it sucks for us…
Correlation not causation…
Heh. I should have guessed Fox News was the one reporting this. Their lack of journalistic integrity never ceases to amaze me.
These are the same kinds of studies that can “prove” that eating ice cream increases your likelihood of having your car stolen. With the right testing procedure, you can “prove” anything you like.
OMG! Are you serious right now? I don’t agree AT ALL! I can’t wait to see this article as well because that’s ridiculous. I drink about six 6 hour powers all the time and I don’t participate in any of those activities. Who comes up with this stuff? Ugh! That’s not even a proven fact. In fact, 6 hour power is the only one I’ll really drink because it helps me to concentrate and focus more, improves my performance, and it tastes Bomb! The grape, orange, and punch are good, but berry is my fav. I’m a college student, so it stays on my grocery list. It’s sold at convenient stores and retailers everywhere. Pick some up and see why it’s the ONLY one I drink. Check out http://www.6hrpower.com for more info. Don’t worry, you won’t become another statistic for this study. Lol.
man i use energy drinks to help keep me calm and concintrait my doctor said that he thought i was using caffien in high school to self medicat my self wich was true to a certen extent so who ever comes up with this crap is crazy
I did a search on Google Scholar, and I couldn’t find this study. Does anyone know where I might find it?
no way, so that’s why i’ve been doing all that stuff? damn you energy drinks, damn you!!!
but in all seriousness how retarded do you have to be to believe that shite?
This reminds me a lot of the libs who enjoy taking away our freedom (think second amendment)
Exactly what the 2nd half of the article said.. the type of people who do those things also happen to drink energy drinks..Caffeine doesn’t ’cause’ someone to act that way. That would be the same thing as saying that people who drink coffee behave and act a certain way
Do you think that this maybe an inverse relationship?
In other words people with additive personalty’s are likely to drink lots of energy drinks?
along with the other things they do.
The cause of all the evil in the world is potatoes after all everyone I’ve met that done wrong or had an illness ate potatoes. We should ban them damn spuds then the world would be whole again.!!
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The whole “study” is bullshit. The numbers are likely bullshit, too. As far as I see, it’s simply another group of people who want to control what you do on your own time, which doesn’t affect anyone personally. If anyone would like to link me to an actual scientific study that can prove to me that there’s some magic ingredient in Rockstar Energy that makes people want to, y’know, have fun with their lives, then please do.
Otherwise, I’ll adhere to my belief that NWAN is a group of people who lead a very boring existence, and want you to do the same.
I realize it’s “just and energy drink”, but it isn’t. It’s one more liberty that the Higher Powers are trying to pry from our culture.
Oh, and DiscipleN2k is right. With the right amount of money, and my own bias study, I can prove that oxygen leads to rectal cancer.
Do I smoke Cigs or Weed? Nope.
Show me the published article from that study and I will pick it apart, exposing all of its fatal flaws. I’m good at it, and would be happy to in the interest of defending energy drinks