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Four Loko Banned Along With 808, Core, Joose, Smirnoff Raw Drinks
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by Amy Judd | November 5, 2010 at 10:52 am
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Michigan Has Banned Alcoholic Energy Drinks Such as Four Loko, Joose, Smirnoff Raw and Core
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In 30 days from now you will not be able to find these beverages on the shelves in Michigan after the state's liquor control commission banned the sale of all alcohol energy drinks. They concluded that these kinds of drinks "pose a serious health and safety risk to America's youth and a threat to the public health and safety."
This comes after reports that Four Loko was being blamed as the cause of young people blacking out, and reportedly caused students at Ramapo College in New Jersey to spend some time in hospital.
They have released a PDF of the full list of products, which includes the following Four Loko drinks:
- Four Blue Raspberry
- Four Loko Fruit Punch
- Four Loko Gold
- Four Loko Lemon Lime
- Four Loko Lemonade
- Four Loko Orange Blend
- Four Loko UVA
- Four Loko Watermelon
- Four Maxed Citrus
- Four Maxed Grape
The list also includes Joose, Jack Daniel's Country Cocktails Black Jack Cola, and Smirnoff Raw Tea Lemon and Raspberry drinks.
Phusion Projects LLC., the company that makes Four Loko, one of the most popular drinks, told CBS News they responded to the FDA and provided internal research showing their products are safe to consume - in their words no different than "having coffee after a meal with a couple of glasses of wine.
Many are angry about the banning of Four Loko especially, but others support the move saying it is a dangerous beverage that contains too much alcohol and too much caffeine.
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at 11:24 on November 5th, 2010
i think the ban is bullshit i drink them all the time
at 21:00 on November 11th, 2010
Well, honestly. I think that ban was the smartest thing our government has done so far.Because I was drinking Joose and Drink Four Excessively, I was diagnosed last week with Pancreatitis. =(Alcohols bad for you.If you want a nice high, smoke weed! =)
at 13:36 on November 15th, 2010
Well, u shouldn't drink it excessively then, dummy. I drink it all the time (within reason of course) and all it ever does is cause fun nights and good memories (yes, I remember the nights because I'm not a f*cking idiot). Four Loko shouldn't be banned. You should be banned, Christopher. They should implement IQ tests before buying alcohol. I'm happy you got pancreatitis, you stupid f*ck. Survival of the fittest.
at 09:24 on November 19th, 2010
Someone seems butthurt.
at 05:56 on November 24th, 2010
An IQ test for buying alcohol? There goes 80% of beer sales and 90% of cheap liquor sales. Oh and even though you're not drinking excessively still looks like you have to rely on alcohol for a good time. Sad. Even more sad that you find happiness in others misery. Can't wait to read your hateful miserable reply to this.
at 22:20 on November 15th, 2010
alcohol is legal genius
at 19:51 on November 22nd, 2010
your a dumb fuck...even if you really did get cancer, its not just from four loko and joose...its from you being an alcoholic fag
at 12:05 on December 8th, 2010
i think it was the stupidest idea ever!! dang man people are dumb!! its called drink one not 3!!! i think they were just fine!! drink them back!!!
at 12:08 on December 8th, 2010
if u cant handle dont drink!! if your a light weight dont even pik up a joose or four loko!! nd dont be stupid nd drink more then one! cus thats how u end up in the hopital!! dumbasses
at 03:07 on November 6th, 2010
too much alcohol??? Shouldn't any liquor be banned then? 12% isn't that much. I've been at parties where I've had 3 cans of the stuff, remembered the whole night and had no hangover in the morning. I've had parties where I drank half a fifth of jagger and 3 energy drinks and woke up with my heart just pounding in my chest. Should jagger and energy drinks be banned? I drank half a fifth of lucid absinthe one night at a party and don't remember the night. I just remember waking up in the living room of my friends apartment. Anything can be dangerous if you don't know how to drink it responsibly. There have been people sent to the hospital to get their stomach pumped just from beer. Yes, it's a fact that caffeine and alcohol are a bad combination...if you don't drink it in moderation. Both of those alone are bad if you don't drink in moderation. I don't like the taste of four lokos therefor I don't drink them anymore, and I still think the ban is bullshit.
at 11:09 on November 6th, 2010
The reason why they are banned is because they are consumed inappropriately. People drink loko too fast and mix it with liquor. Honestly though, these are for kids who don't have a real taste for good alcohol and are not even 21 yet. It is trashy anyways to drink these.
at 21:14 on November 7th, 2010
What a bunch of $h!t. When are they going to ban Maddog and all the other alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic content above 6% by volume, or snow mobiles, or motorcycles, or smoking, or being fat, or guns, or all the other things that are hazardous to your health? And still marijuana remains illegal? Do we have any freedom at all anymore in this country? Wake up, Americans. We are thisclose to becoming a communist country.
at 19:20 on November 16th, 2010
i agree, 110 fuckin % dude. everything in the world is unhealthy, if not consumed in moderation. if they ban this alcopop, it'll be pointless. all you gotta do is get some whiskey/rum/tequila/vodka & mix it with an energy drink. people get stupid when they drink. people have died from plain alcohol. ugh.
at 12:18 on November 17th, 2010
You are a dumb piece of shit. We're nowhere near being communist. Plus there is a lot more to Four Lokos that is causing them to be banned. There are also many chemicals that when combined like they are in Four Lokos are hazardous. People should really look into all the facts before they jump on a computer and type how they feel with no validity.
at 10:32 on November 10th, 2010
Skip this! the drink is nothing but an energy drink nothing more! they are only making it so big because there are stupid little kids that are not being watched by there parents and are drinking it as it should be done! Other wise it should only be drank by those who need a burst of energy! Not just because you want to get drunk and do something stupid like a five year old on crack!
at 11:38 on November 13th, 2010
have you ever had a 4loko??? its far from an energy drink.... if thats wat u think they you are sadly mistaken.. and for some reason i believe its above 12% in that can...
at 18:13 on November 11th, 2010
I'm a light weight small 21 year old girl. I drink these things. I have blacked out on one but I didn't do anything crazy.... but I could have just as easily drank a jug of whiskey and blacked out that way... is that going to be illegal too? It's insane!I have done 2 and remembered everything though.... I think maybe how much I eat that day affects how drunk I get.. Either way if "youth" are getting black out drunk, its not the drink that's the problem, it's the people checking ID's. I'm tired of this "Blame the company" crap when its obvious that its not the cause...
at 13:09 on November 12th, 2010
I hate that they are banning four lokos'z.if i wanna drink,then im going to drink.SOOO WHAT IF kids are dumbasses and they died.not my fault.if you ban them in cali ima get all butthurt )':i love four lokos ;D get fadedd (:
at 11:35 on November 13th, 2010
NOOOOOO!!!!! ok as far as Joose is concerned.. that shit is nasty so.. YAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!! but the loko... dont take the loko from me!!! i <3 the loko...thats all i need and i'll be straight for the night..... this is so sad... i wanna cry.
at 11:15 on November 15th, 2010
I am 26, spent 7 years in the navy, and of those years spent about 4 of them drinking Joose. I have never blacked out, even though some nights I did kill four of them. Now because of a bunch of punk ass kids we are being told that we can't drink what we want? This is ludicrous! Stupid college kids need to just start running themselves off cliffs.
at 14:14 on November 16th, 2010
The truth about four loko... WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW.www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QobXa8kh-A
at 19:55 on November 16th, 2010
I think this ban is stupid.I will let you no now, its not the drink that making people black out. its what they mix with the drink.Ive seen were people Mix a LoKo and Gin, Loko and Cough Syrup (the stuff that killed pimp c), LoKo and Vodka. and also LoKo and Bud Ice. When you mix, you change the alcohol content. So to be honest, the government needs to watch some of the people who buy the drinks and watch what they mix with the drink. The government dont realize that people wants to get drunker and higher then what the product does. So to the college kids that were in the hospital, the 14 year old that died and the several that blacked out, i would love to find out what they mixed with theirs.
at 13:15 on November 19th, 2010
There's gonna be a run on the remaining caffeine filled Four Loko. It's gonna be a caffeine fueled malt liquor nightmare in the streets
at 09:00 on November 20th, 2010
The first time I drank Joose I blacked out and was hospitalized. But that was merely because I was dehydrated. 2 weeks later I started drinking Joose again and nothing. I felt fine. Once I mixed vodka with Joose, I got sick but mixing alcohol is never a good idea, right? I'm not a heavy drinker but I drink Four Lokos every day and it makes every day so much better. If the mixture of caffiene and alcohol is a bad idea, then why not ban Red Bull and Vodka? I agree with most of you: The ban is stupid...
at 21:48 on November 21st, 2010
duh its caffeine and alcohol if you drink too much your gonna get screwed. If you drink an excessive amount of any alcohol it could kill you! Its not just four loko! I just started drinking them and loved them! This is BS!
at 09:54 on November 22nd, 2010
okay so first off i think four loko is gross but the ban is bullshit. i don't see anyone bitchin about jager bombs. how is that legal but no different from a four or joose? they're both alcohol and caffeine! are sparks and tilts and shit like that still allowed? fuck the government..?!
at 23:11 on November 22nd, 2010
Sparks and Tilt don't have any caffeine or energy ingrdients in them.
at 12:28 on November 22nd, 2010
This is insane, good thing the state of Michigan doesn't need every tax dollar it can get since our economy is so strong......The responsibility of misuse of the product is up to the individual. The product itself isn't causing consumers to black out, the idiot who consumed much more than a recommended serving is putting his/her own health at risk by making a poor decision. How dare anyone take away more of our freedoms by declaring this illegal. Put a warning label on four loko and continue selling it.
at 11:59 on November 23rd, 2010
im fenna go buy 3 later for the lastime
at 13:23 on November 24th, 2010
i believe that stupid fucks who cant hang had to fuck it up for us, ive drank lokos for over a year n they havent caused me problems, if ppl cant hang then u should not be drinkin, for most ppl 1 can is a good buzz, any more n the toilet will be your best friend, lucky i stocked up tho