The company Miller-Coors has put a stop to their Sparks energy drink which contains alcohol. My first question is: why did they do that to begin with? So many people warn against the dangers of using alcohol with energy drinks, as one is a stimulant and the other a depressant. Knowing that their could be fatal risks, I am happy the company pulled these off the shelves.
Apparently, the company agreed to remove the drinks stimulants, such as guarana and caffeine, and not to target underage drinkers to have this product by cutting back on advertisements. According to the article I got this information from, "studies show that these types of drinks lead to binge drinking (especially because effects of being drunk are less noticeable when consumed with an energy product), car crashes, sexual assaults, and other risky behavior". The company agreed to have all stimulants in this product to be removed by January of this year, so hopefully some changes have been done. The company also agreed to change its marketing so that it shows no intentions of encouraging people to mix the drink with any other drink containing stimulants. At least this company is on it's way to helping others know the dangers of mixing energy drinks with alcohol!
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that so dangerous it was irrisponsible for the company to make them in the first place
ReplyDeletei dont get why it was such a big deal for this company to make sparks but bars can still serve vodka redbulls???
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