Should There be an Age Law for Energy Drinks?

[PopeAK49]

Seeing as Energy Drinks are filled with caffeine and other 'potentially' dangerous ingredients, do you think an appropriate age restriction law should be enforced?

Just to be clear: The age group I'm targetting is children under the age of 14.

[Patrickssj6]

other 'potentially' dangerous ingredients

Am all open ear to what those ingredients are.

If you say sugar then I would say yes. But why not ban all neurostimulants while we are at it.

[neuro]

no.

please let all these fucking mongrels drink this garbage and throw themselves into oblivion.
if by now you don't know that shit' garbage, then it's natural selection at work baby.

putting a ban on 'stupid shit' is fucking insanity.

i can imagine cigarettes and alcohol, because that's another level of terrible.

[Bodzilla]

Name me a time when prohibition has ever worked and then you'd have an argument.
Until that time it's user discretion.

That said if you have an energy drink every day or a few times a day your fucking stupid.

[Patrickssj6]

I just use them to get wasted...e.g. tonight. Gin + 2 Energy = Dance until 7AM. Never use them on a daily basis.

[PopeAK49]

Am all open ear to what those ingredients are.

If you say sugar then I would say yes. But why not ban all neurostimulants while we are at it.

This isn't about banning, it's about setting an age limit. It just seems like kids under the age of 14 should not be exposed to Energy Drinks. Several have died, and who knows how much of an effect it can have on a teenagers growing body at that age.

ephedrine is something you should look up.

Nothing is dangerously bad about consuming 1 energy drink on a daily basis. It's just the young children and teenagers that I fear would abuse their intake limits.

14 and under is my main concern. I should have clarified this earlier.

[Bodzilla]

everything is bad about them, They're full of complete garbage.

does age limits stop smoking or drinking? If you say yes, your actually clinically retarded and sorry for your lotz.

[EX12693]

Nope. Let natural selection do it's thing. It's not like we have an under-population problem.

[Patrickssj6]

This isn't about banning, it's about setting an age limit. It just seems like kids under the age of 14 should not be exposed to Energy Drinks. Several have died, and who knows how much of an effect it can have on a teenagers growing body at that age.

ephedrine is something you should look up.

Nothing is dangerously bad about consuming 1 energy drink on a daily basis. It's just the young children and teenagers that I fear would abuse their intake limits.

14 and under is my main concern. I should have clarified this earlier.

Ephedrine is banned in Germany. I don't see how posing an age restriction would make anything better about this, the country has to ban the substance altogether.

My problem with this is that it's narrow minded to think that energy drinks are some cause of trouble. How about diabetes?

[PopeAK49]

Ephedrine is banned in Germany. I don't see how posing an age restriction would make anything better about this, the country has to ban the substance altogether.

My problem with this is that it's narrow minded to think that energy drinks are some cause of trouble. How about diabetes?

My problem is the fact that young children usually don't know anything about taking things in moderation, especially with energy drinks. I'm just doing this as an opinion poll for an easy homework assignment.