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October 26th, 2012

A DECENTLY DEPRESSING ENERGY-RELATED TALE

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Before we begin, let us say that we love ourselves a good energy drink. There’s a time and a place, but evidently – and unfortunately – many people have seen a darker side of these sugar-caffeinated cans.

Apparently, those totally-awesome-hyped-up-bevs that super cool teenagers love so much are not just dangerous for your heart rate – but also, deadly. As this Grubstreet article details, there have been a shocking number – five, to be exact – of deaths linked to Monster energy drinks alone in the past year.

And the numbers only grow when you take into consideration drinks like the ever-popular Redbull and the recently infamous Four Loko.

Let’s think about this for a minute; it’s a topic worth examining. These things are sold legally, after all. If that’s not a scary Halloween tale, what is?

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