When Roslyn, Washington authorities responded to an off-campus University residence on Oct. 8 and found unconscious and semiconscious party-goers scattered throughout the building, they feared the mostly female victims had been unknowingly fed a date-rape drug. But it turns out the nine students that were hospitalized were just heavily intoxicated, with an average blood-alcohol level of .23. The students had been drinking Four Loko, a fruit-flavored 23.5-ounce blend of caffeine and alcohol nicknamed blackout in a can the equivalent of drinking four beers and a cup of coffee. Now Washington state s attorney general is calling for a ban on alcoholic energy drinks although as Dr. Whelan asks, how could something with 12 percent alcohol be an energy drink?
Four Loko, or just plain loco?
When Roslyn, Washington authorities responded to an off-campus University residence on Oct. 8 and found unconscious and semiconscious party-goers scattered throughout the building, they feared the mostly female victims had been unknowingly fed a date-rape drug.
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