Well it is quite obvious that these drinks can be harmful, even fatal, as more and more complaints are made to our poisons line, about their effects.

Mixed with alcohol they can be lethal, but that doesn't stop the clubs and puns selling them, cause their main concern is about profits.

So, do we just sit back and wait for a few more deaths, or do we grow some balls and do something about it.

I just can't believe how slow governments are to act.

I say don't wait.. ban alcohol now and keep the energy drinks.

Why do you want to legislate everything? Stay the fcuk out of our lives! If stupid people want to drink stupid drinks that's their stupid problem. Why should it concern you? Who do you think you are, their ruler or something? I've had it with this country's mentality of ban everything. It's not Australia anymore, it's not the lucky country anymore, it's become the land of unobtanium, disgusting!

Class act raw mustard, well no not really.
I was not aware Rectub it alone, was killing.
But well aware we should take a long look at why it is sold.
The young get hooked on energy drinks and a pure caffeine pill that came out 45 years ago, a real danger.
Some will always say stay out of our lives.
You can bet it will not be the parents of a dead kid.
Recent deaths highlight LEGAL DRUGS sold as copy's of the worst are legally being sold every day in a shop near you.
No idea why.

I here you RM, but these are legal drugs and the sellers are targeting kids.

The other issue is that it has been proven that these drinks mask the effects of alcohol.

I am afraid I have to disagree with you on this one.

The median lethal dose (LD50) for caffeine given orally, is 192 milligrams per kilogram in rats. It's harder to get exact figures for humans - toxicity studies on human subjects are not ethical - but the oral LD50 in humans is estimated to be between 150 and 200 mg/kg.

At about 65kg, it would take about 90 cups of coffee to kill me or about 70 cans of Monster. I'm a tea drinker so if I wanted to fatally overdose on caffeine I'd have to drink about 230 cups of tea.

I'm with TPP: I think it might the alcohol that's the problem here not the energy drinks. But I've been watching Boardwalk Empire and I don't think banning it is a good idea.

Cheers,

Tony