{"id":3827,"date":"2015-04-15T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T17:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scramsystems.com\/blog\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:47:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:47:28","slug":"do-energy-drink-cocktails-make-you-more-likely-to-drive-drunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/do-energy-drink-cocktails-make-you-more-likely-to-drive-drunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Energy Drink Cocktails Make You More Likely to Drive&#160;Drunk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cocktails that mix energy drinks and alcohol are very popular, but past research has found that the caffeine in energy drinks masks the effects of intoxication, often causing people to consume more than they would if they were drinking other types of alcoholic&#160;beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugfree.org\/join-together\/mixing-energy-drinks-alcohol-increases-urge-drink\/?utm_source=Addiction+News+Daily&amp;utm_campaign=a15ac66853-JT_Daily_News_Risking_Well_being_for_Short_Term&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_97f4d27738-a15ac66853-222390321\">a recent study published in <em>Alcoholism: Clinical &amp; Experimental Research<\/em><\/a> shows that mixing energy drinks with booze can actually increase a person\u2019s urge to drink. This combination\u2014a suppressed feeling of intoxication and a greater impulse to drink\u2014can lead people to down larger, and sometimes deadly, amounts of&#160;alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3677044\/alcohol-energy-drinks\/\">study published in <em>Advances in Nutrition<\/em><\/a> early this year notes that the issues with these drinks go beyond just their impact on individuals. Researchers found that the high levels of caffeine make drinkers&#160;<em>appear<\/em> more in control than their intoxication level indicates, and this false sense of security may be linked to riskier choices. In fact, people who mix energy drinks with alcohol are four times more likely to think they can safely drive compared to other drinkers, greatly increasing the chances that they will choose to get behind the wheel. The effects of the caffeine may also make their impairment less obvious to law enforcement officers\u00a0during a checkpoint or stop, even though it doesn\u2019t make them any less of a danger on the&#160;road.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-packaged alcoholic energy drinks came under fire several years ago because of concerns about their marketing and health effects. For example, critics argued that <a href=\"http:\/\/scramsystems.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/does-four-loko-promote-binge-drinking-ftc-orders-maker-to-clean-up-alcohol-content-labeling\/#.VADvGKPnaUk\">brands like Four Loko<\/a> targeted teens with their fruity flavors, and many consumers weren\u2019t aware of the dangers of combining high levels of caffeine\u2014a stimulant\u2014with alcohol. Communities began banning the drinks, and after the FDA got involved they were largely pulled from the&#160;market.<\/p>\n<p>But energy drinks are one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/greatspeculations\/2014\/05\/08\/energy-drinks-could-be-the-growth-driver-for-coca-cola-in-the-domestic-market\/\">fastest-growing segments of the beverage market<\/a>, and their popularity as a mixer with alcohol doesn\u2019t seem likely to decline anytime&#160;soon.<\/p>\n<a href=https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/clients\/client-voices\/?utm_source=sobering%20up&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=client%20voices\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/client-voices.jpg\"><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cocktails that mix energy drinks and alcohol are very popular, but past research has found that the caffeine in energy drinks masks the effects of intoxication, often causing people to consume more than they would if they were drinking other types of alcoholic&#160;beverages. 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