Loco for Loko
Colleges have demonized the caffeine-alcohol drink, but students need to be smarter about risks
You’d think the academic world was on the brink of collapse. Campuses around the city have issued warnings. Medical professionals are up in arms. Academic officials quiver in fear. Regulators and watchdogs are on alert.
Is it on-campus violence, Adderall abuse, or even rampant, hedonistic “Eyes Wide Shut’’-caliber sex parties?
Not this time. For today’s college student, danger arrives in an extremely colorful can. In that can is the beverage known as Four Loko.
This potent, intoxicating mixture of caffeine and malt liquor has had the additional effect of getting nearly everyone in a tizzy after it sent some
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