Now this is just Silly

Energy drinks may be the next thing to get banned. The minimum age to buy energy drinks like redbull may be elevated to 19 in Long Island. In fact any drink with more than 80mg of caffeine may be a part of this restriction.

The most recent major ban was alcoholic energy drinks like Four Loko. The ban created backlash that is now hitting non alcoholic energy drinks. Even though energy drinks have been getting negative publicity for years, authorities are trying to complete their agendas.

The energy drink Cocaine has seen this problem before. They had to go off the market for a short period of time after recieving accusations of promoting drugs.

'The caffeine content of energy drinks varies yet the amounts are often unlabelled and few include warnings about the potential health risks,' said Dr Roland Griffiths in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

'It's like drinking an alcoholic beverage and not knowing if it's beer or scotch.'

In Britain beverages with more than 150mg of caffeine per liter must be marked with a label describing it's contents but no warning has to be present. Redbull's manufacurer does state that it is not recomended that the drink is not recomended for pregnant women or children and advise not to drink more than two cans a day.

Redbull is banned in Norway, Uruguay and Denmark. The company sold 3.5 billion cans in 143 countries within the last year.

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