Albany, NY – State Officials Want Crackdown on Caffeinated Alcohol

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    Albany, NY – State regulators in New York say they may ask the legislature to give them the power to ban alcoholic energy drinks.

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    A spokesman for the State Liquor Authority tells the Daily News that the agency is concerned about the punch packed by caffeinated alcoholic beverages like the popular Four Loko drink.

    The beverages have quadruple the alcohol content of some types of beer.

    But he says state law doesn’t currently give the authority the power to ban products approved by federal regulators.

    The makers of Four Loko and other caffeine-laced drinks say their beverages are no more nefarious than a scotch and soda or an Irish coffee.


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    Gefilte Fish
    Gefilte Fish
    13 years ago

    When is this banning frenzy gonno stop? What is this a nanny state? We are adults and can decide for ourselves what we can drink and what not!

    Raphael_Kaufman
    Raphael_Kaufman
    13 years ago

    Quadruple the amount of alcohol in beer would be about the amount of alcohol in desert wine or malt liquer. I agree that these drinks should be controlled. It’s better for drunks to fall asleep and not bother anybody than to be drunk and wired at the same time.

    cowfy
    cowfy
    13 years ago

    hey!get the news.the new york liquor authority is legal mafia.a very very old story.in los angeles you can but wine and liquors in the supermarket.