“an international group of scientists reports that inhaling the rich, warm aroma of a hot cup of joe may alter the activity of some genes in the brain, reducing the effects of sleep deprivation — no drinking required.”

As many others have already said…they don’t exactly hide the fact that this drink will pack a punch. Just look at the can. There are labels all over it indicating its alcohol and caffeine content. There are no cartoon characters on it or anything to make me think it is targeted to kids.

Don’t we have enough to worry about in this nation already? This is ridiculous.

BTW, was “most all of us” supposed to be “most of us”, “all of us” or “almost all of us”? “Most all” is contradictory. If it was “all of us” or “almost all of us”, I disagree.

Back in the day, we used to call LSD a “cognitive enhancer”. (OK, we might not have used those exact words, but that was the sentiment.)

I think a big part of the problem with these caffeinated energy drinks is just how caffeinated they are. Sure, people mix coffee and alcohol, or vodka and red bull, but not that many people mix a half bottle of vodka with a pint of double-strength espresso.

As someone who went through a phase of drinking Buckfast Tonic Wine (a popular caffeinated alcoholic beverage in the UK, also know colloquially as “Fight The World”), I can attest that there’s a big difference between this sort of stuff and just about anything else on the market. I may be in favour of drug legalisation, but I’m not in favour of selling heroin and meperedine in the same syringe.