Monday, January 19, 2009

Popular Drink Contains Risk

The article i chose to analyze is called " Popular Drink Contains Risk." It's about this new alcoholic energy drink called 'Joose.' It has the highest alcohol content of all alcoholic energy drinks on the market. I thought it posed an interesting question because it shows that many people don't care or don't know about the dangerous risks of drinking these alcoholic energy drinks. Also, since alcohol is a depressant, the caffeine keeps them awake and with the taste, people drink more of it. It is a scary situation because the alcohol isn't as present in the taste, so kids can't realize how drunk they are getting before it's too late. According to the article, it can cause heart problems. The reason that this article was so interesting is because it relates currently to most kids in college now. A lot of people don't think about the risk that is associated with drinking, and now that a hybrid between an energy drink to keep you up all night, and alcohol to still get the 'drunk' feeling has been found, it is just going to get more and more popular. The article suggests that 'Joose' is just a trend but if it is here for good I definetely think that people should become more educated about the problems that drinking those drinks can cause.

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