Drank this stuff when it first came out about 3 or 4 years ago when they were giving them away at a bar, they boasted having wormwood oil in it. A friend ended up pretty much having the roughest night after he had four 16 ouncers. He slept someones bushes and lost his wallet keys and cell phone.Score another knockout for Four Loko.
Nine college students in Washington State who were hospitalized – after ingesting date-rape drugs, cops thought – were actually sickened by the high-alcohol caffeinated drink Four Loko, according to school officials.
About fifty Central Washington University students and friends gathered at a party in Roslyn, Wash., where students were guzzling the beverage, nicknamed “blackout in a can.” Many of the partygoers were underage.
Cops responded to a call of a possible overdose victim in a car in a supermarket parking lot, according to KOMO News Seattle. The woman was unconscious when the officers arrived and was rushed to the hospital.
The victim’s friends led police to the party, KOMO reported.
“Everything was going fine, the music was playing, people were having fun -- and then all of a sudden all the girls were puking everywhere,” Central Washington freshman Katelynn Allen told KOMO. “Girls were outside on their backs.”
Police and officials had originally thought a powerful drug had been slipped into the student’s drinks without them knowing. But toxicology reports confirmed that the students did not ingest any drugs, KNDO-KNDU reported.
University officials said that the students’ blood-alcohol content ranged from 0.12 to 0.35.
The legal blood-alcohol content limit to drive is 0.08. A measurement over 0.30 can be fatal.
A tall can of Four Loko holds 23.5 ounces, with an alcohol content of 12%. Drinking one can is comparable to drinking five to six beers and several shots of espresso. A can costs around $2.50.
University President Jim Gaudino has banned alcoholic energy drinks on campus pending a review of student education procedures, KNDO-KNDU reported.
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said he wanted to ban caffeinated malt liquors in the state and lead a national push to curb the sales of the beverages, The Associated Press reported.
This month, Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J., banned the drink from campus after 23 students were hospitalized with alcohol poisoning, the Daily News reported.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/10/25/2010-10-25_four_loco_not_date_rape_drugs_hospitalized_9_students_at_one_party_at_washington.html#ixzz13SwgCRoy
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Tue, Oct 26, 2010 8:11 AM
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