JAGER BOMBS!!
A new fad has come in: Energy drinks mixed with alcohol. What are the effects of a depressant and a stimulus combined, on the body? The problem arises from consuming a stimulant alongside an intoxicant, which, clinical studies show, can reduce the perception of being drunk but not the impairment.
Red bull is a heavily caffeinated energy drink spiked with additional stimulants, and when mixed with vodka or other liquor, it can diminish the awareness of drowsiness, feelings of un-coordination and intoxication. However, studies show the added caffeine only makes you think you are more in control. A new breed of high caffeine and high alcohol drinks are now on the market, like Joose and Four Loko, with double the amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, and double the amount of alcohol as a beer. The drinks are currently being outlawed in Europe for kids under 12. There is no legal age limit to purchasing energy drinks, and about 30 percen of 12- to 17-year-olds admit to regular use.
Consuming these drinks with alcohol was now emerging as a cause of “elevated involvement in night-time risk-taking behavior”, according to the study which is published in the journal of Addictive Behaviors. The urban myth that coffee sobers people up does create a lot of problems. People drink more thinking they can just have coffee later. They are also more likely to drink right up until it’s time to leave because of that belief. The bottom line is that coffee targets one part of drunkenness - drowsiness. It does nothing for anything else. Very simply, it does nothing to remove alcohol from your blood, and that’s the only real way at this point to sober up.