I nearly killed myself with red bull when I was 18, because I could easily buy 24 cans. Energy drinks should only be sold in places like bars.
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Maybe closer to coffee shops than bars. The use case of energy drinks is a bit different than that of alcohol. Sometimes I'll need a little boost while driving during a long or late shift, i like the the taste of coffee so I'll usually get a coffee. Some people don't like coffee or it isn't always available so energy drinks work as well. The overconsumption of energy drinks is their main issue.
I tried monster in my first university year, combining monster and coffee to be alert and don’t sleep over the books.
I was like Fry on 99 coffees
Had a dissociative episode, nothing to worry about but got me really scared. After that I stopped drinking Monster and toned down the coffee intake.
Yes, they are addictive and bad for your health. Full of unproven chemicals that are supposedly safe at the levels in them if they are "used responsibly".
This is code for your only supposed to have one occasionally, but because they are addictive that is not how people consume them.
Adults shouldn't be consuming this garbage let alone a kid.
I'm mainly concerned because of the sugar (okay the unknown shit in there is weird too.) i only really drank some monster when they still had the small can. The big cans seem insane. One can has like 97% of your daily sugar dose in it. That is crazy
speaking as a polish person, our government enacted a similar but more restrictive law in 2024, and it's definitely been a positive change. Obviously it wasn't a smooth transition. Do minors still find ways to get around the system and drink energy drinks? Yeah. But because it is no longer convieniant a lot of people either switched to coffee, low caffine energy drinks or stopped drinking them all together
Regardless if we ban them, we should be taxing them at a rate that helps cover healthcare costs related to heart health.
Might be easier to just limit the caffeine max per can.
I feel like teenagers will drink X cans per night regardless, so its easier harm reduction to reduce the caffer per drink then try to remove the drinls from teens all together.
England's banning kids from doing all sorts of things and causing problems for everyone while doing it, so while I wouldn't say this is bad per se, I do worry that it's coming out of England.