Thought all the hysterics over Four Loko would dissipate slowly into the ether once the FDA clamped down on the crack-in-a-can’s ingredients? Nope.
While the reformulated recipe for Four Loko stripped caffeine from the cocktail, and while the media frenzy and black-market appetite for Loko eased after the initial bans put in place by numerous states, Four Loko still has fervent fans, ones who will risk life, limb, and possible law-breaking to enjoy the sweet, way too sweet, actually cough-medicine disgusting sweet, taste.
The Plain Dealer reports today that a rogue can of Four Loko was at the center of a shooting last night that left one man in the hospital in critical condition.
This article appears in Jun 15-21, 2011.
Call me a skeptic, but something tells me they weren’t really fighting over a can of Four Loko…
You’re probably right bonnjill. It was more likely to be over some Yoo-Hoo.