Sparks Alcohol

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Because they dont know about bum wine MD20/20 etc

Kids these days.

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

Whenever I see one of these 4 loco threads, talking about alcohol content and how it doesn't taste too awful, I always wonder when you guys are going to discover wine. Same or higher alcohol content, doesn't taste bad, and the cheaper stuff is quite reasonably priced.

I enjoy moon-baggin it once in a while

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

how bout stfu, no one asked for yo opinion.

Don't be mad kid it's only the internet.

 

[CL1CKCLACK 5,000+ posts]

decent, how bout them steelies?

if your talking about what i think you are... they taste like diesel fuel. single worst alcoholic beverage i have drank

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

Have had the sparks a few times and they were OK I guess. I heard just yesterday that the state of michigan is trying to outlaw all these alcoholic "energy drinks" like sparks,loko,etc. I mean if I'm gonna drink something thats not really gonna get me drunk I'd probably rather have a beer but hey to each his own. I second the motion on that olde e though that somebody else was talking about earlier. Used to swill that **** like water. Oh yeah and Big Bear malt liquor FTW.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

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[Euth_In_Asia 10+ year member]

Because only old people drink wine. And even when i do drink wine, i chug it.

Will leave you with the worst hang over ever... When you wake up hop in your car and let them subs hit. Lol...

 

[XSlappinAzzX]

Will leave you with the worst hang over ever... When you wake up hop in your car and let them subs hit. Lol...

i feel u there, except id rather be drunk when i play my subs

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Michigan, colleges ban Four Loko

Fri Nov 5, 4:16 pm ET

The state of Michigan has officially banned Four Loko, the highly caffeinated alcoholic beverage that's gotten a whole lot of bad press this fall. In a series of incidents, numerous college kids ended up hospitalized around the country after apparently ingesting copious amounts of the multi-stimulating beverage. The Michigan ban states that all alcoholic energy drinks "pose serious health and safety risks to American youth" and must be taken off the shelves within 30 days.

But is Four Loko really that bad?

Drinking one can of Four Loko is said to be the rough equivalent of downing five light beers and a cup of coffee -- but for the low, low price of about $2.50. "If you set out to engineer a booze delivery system that is as cloying, deceptive and divorced from the usual smells, tastes and presentation of alcohol as possible, you'd be hard pressed to come up with something more impressive than Four Loko," former New York Times food critic Frank Bruni opined last week, after generously sampling the beverage.

But taste aside, mixing caffeine with alcohol can have a disorienting effect on the drinker, making it harder for him to realize he is becoming intoxicated, health professionals say.

"It can cause you to become a 'wide-awake drunk,' " Madeleine Estabrook, executive director of university health and counseling services at Northeastern University, told the Boston Globe. "You mistakenly conclude you can perform potentially dangerous tasks, like driving or crossing a busy road.''

In October, nine college freshmen at Central Washington Unversity were hospitalized after drinking Four Loko at a party -- they were so intoxicated that police originally thought they had been drugged. More than 20 students at Ramapo College in New Jersey also ended up hospitalized in the space of a month after drinking Four Loko, and the college has since banned the drink.

Eighteen attorneys general have urged the FDA to investigate the drink, and the agency is now asking 30 manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks to prove their products are safe. Critics also say the fruity flavor and bright packaging of Four Loko are meant to appeal to young people.

Boston College, Northeastern University, Harvard University, the University of Rhode Island and other colleges have banned or warned students about the drink. Meanwhile, Phusion Projects, the drink's manufacturer, says it is opposed to both underage and binge drinking and has hired a PR firm to quibble with reporters over exactly how much alcohol its products contain. Phusion is also considering legal options to challenge the Michigan ban, according to the Wall Street Journal, and argues that people have been mixing alcohol and caffeine long before Four Loko came along.

Fittingly, the drink that is getting so many college kids into trouble was invented in 2005 by three Ohio State college students. They wanted to harness the popularity of mixed drinks in bars and clubs that contained Red Bull and other energy beverages.

And in case you doubt the drink's appeal, Willy Staley flags an awesomely low-budget hip-hop video singing Four Loko's praises over at the Awl.com

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yb...arketing-ruins-rap-songs-about-consumer-goods

Michigan, colleges ban Four Loko | The Upshot Yahoo! News

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[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

They are banned from central WA university cuz a group of like 30 idiots got too fucked up at a party and a bunch had to go to the hospital. They said it was because of 4loko's but im pretty sure they were slipped something else. 30 people don't get poisoned at the same time.