ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington University has determined that a high-alcohol energy drink under scrutiny nationwide is what sickened students at an off-campus party this month, prompting state Attorney General Rob McKenna to call for a ban on the beverage.
Nine students were hospitalized after the Oct. 8 party in Roslyn, where about 50 people had been drinking. Some students had blood-alcohol levels ranging from 0.12 percent to 0.35 percent after consuming cans of the drink called Four Loko, CWU President James L. Gaudino said at a news conference Monday. Other students mixed the drink with additional alcohol, he said.
McKenna said his office would lead an effort to ban such caffeinated malt liquors this year after a previous proposal died in the state Legislature.
"It's time to bring an end to the sale of alcoholic energy drinks," McKenna said. "They're marketed to kids by using fruit flavors that mask the taste of alcohol, and they have such high levels of stimulants that people have no idea how inebriated they really are."
McKenna said he wants to lead a national push to restrict the sales of the drinks.
Lets get real here folks. When will people realize that banning a product will in no way solve a problem. Soon as you ban Four Loko, there will be 1000 other products emerging to fill the demand. Consumers need to take on their own responsibility when boozing. period. Remember prohibition? Worked out well didn't it.
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