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The Four Loko Effect?
In the fall of 2010, 17 students at New Jersey’s Ramapo College, along with six of their friends, were hospitalized for severe alcohol intoxication after a night of partying. Soon after, a similar event occurred
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Beat loneliness – to avoid a stroke: Why isolation is as bad for you as smoking
Daily Mail: Loneliness is as bad for your health as smoking. It seems astonishing, I know, but scientific research suggests that social isolation, in the long term, is as damaging as a 15-a-day cigarette habit
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Facebook Rankings Reflect National Stereotypes
Der Spiegel: Take a look at the most popular US Facebook pages and you could be forgiven for thinking that the stereotype of fast food-scarfing Americans is true. According to the statistics portal Socialbakers, the
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Riots in Vancouver are the latest connected to high-profile championship sporting events
Los Angeles Times: The morning after rioters made their mark on the city that he loves, Al Cyrenne made his. Cyrenne, who lives close enough to downtown Vancouver that he could see the smoke rising
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‘Situational specificity of tolerance’ not caffeine behind Four Loko’s intoxicating effect
Yahoo News India: A new study has dismissed previous claims that caffeine in the fruity alcoholic beverage, Four Loko, is responsible for the spike in alcohol-related hospitalizations. “Four Loko didn’t have the extraordinary intoxicating effect
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Report: Four Loko Still Has ‘Extraordinary Intoxicating Effects’
Huffington Post: The manufacturer of Four Loko may have removed caffeine from the drink in advance of a Food and Drug Administration crackdown on caffeinated alcoholic beverages last fall, but a new report suggests that
