Four Loko College Essay Example

deaths from Four Lokos have not only been from car wrecks and violent behaviors, but by the consumer drinking too many cans. The combination of alcohol and caffeine is one of the most unsafe combinations to be consumed, but the company seems to think otherwise. In an article about a teen in Texas dying from the drink, the company stated, “If it [Four Lokos] were unsafe, popular drinks like rum and colas or Irish coffees that have been consumed safely and responsibly for years would face the same scrutiny that our products have recently faced. Therefore, even though people have been only recently dying or injuring themselves from their products, they seem to believe that they are safe and okay to drink. Obviously the drink is very unhealthy and the FDA continues to prove it, but the company would love to keep their drink around so they will say whatever just to keep it legal to drink. Just like any alcoholic beverage, Four Loko causes people to do crazy or even loco things when consumed. Since there is a lot of caffeine added to this drink people do especially wild things or even tend to black out much easier.

There have been many cases of people getting in bad car accidents due to Four Lokos, along with other alcohol related car accidents. But, there are many more tragedies due to the Four Loko mixture than just mixing some coffee with a cup of alcohol, because it is more controlled when you mix them for yourself. With the 100 proof alcohol in Four Loko along with the equivalent of 3 cups of coffee it is

quite understandable why the FDA would ban the drink in some states in America.

But if people would be more responsible while drinking them maybe they could stay around for a while longer. Since there are nasty ingredients, people dying and getting injured, and the wild things people do while drinking the beverage maybe the drink should be banned everywhere in the United States instead of just a couple places. It’s almost as if the states where tragedies are happening are where they are being banned, maybe the other states are waiting for something tragic to happen before they ban them.