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One in five Canadian high-school students mix booze with energy drinks, survey says

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/family-child/five+Canadian+high+school+students+booze+with/7860334/story.html

We’re talking Apples & Oranges here.

…”OTTAWA — One in five Canadian high-school students consume alcohol mixed with energy drinks, a new national survey has found.

The consumption of these mixed drinks, characterized by the researchers as “substantial” among high-schoolers, is an emerging public health concern that requires more effective strategies than “top-down, abstinence-based programs,” the study, published Tuesday in CMAJ Open, a new online journal of the Canadian Medical Association, states.”….

The REAL TRUTH is this. The researchers and all survey & poll experts don’t have a verifiable way of knowing for sure if the information about alcohol and energy drinks tells the whole story.

In my opinion, much like driving under the influence and being charged a large percentage of the time DRUGS are involved as the triggering mechanisms that guarantees deaths on the roads.

Young kids are experimenting all the time. Alcohol in my opinion is so old fashion as to be laughable as what’s really happening behind the story.

Kid’s easy and almost free access to drugs in order to groom them and get them hooked is probably more pervasive than alcohol at get togethers and parties.

In fact, my contention is this. We have absolutely no reliable way to measure ‘ON THE SPOT’ blood drug levels whether in under the influence arrests on the road or with kids that overdo it while having fun. Everyone ends up with tragedies.

If there is one thing I can critize MADD about, is that they have not spoken up on this huge problem.

Distracted driving is making the headlines and getting the attention it deserves.

We have a long way to go before DRUGS makes it on our collective Consciousness Radars and we start to deal with this social problem.

That’s where ENERGY DRINKS come in. After the Rush of the Drugs wears off and the burnout starts to kick in, the daytime solutions are ENERGY DRINKS. The evidence speaks for itself. Go into all convenience retail outlets and the sea of ENERGY drinks have all but replaced Soft Drinks in coolers.

This is as much a problem for adults who are regular drug users as kids in schools. Both are become addicts of ENERGY DRINKS because of not alcohol consumption, but drugs.

The surveys of people whether young or old won’t change this TRUTH and fact. Open your eyes and see what is happening at ground and street levels. Governments know this and don’t speak up. I’m truly amazed about where we are headed with all of these social problems leading up to mental health issues.

Wake up !