Four Loko, the highly caffeinated high-alcohol-content adult beverage du jour on college campuses these days, was invented by a trio of Ohio State grads. Go figure.
Four Loko’s been in the news lately after nine college kids in Washington were taken to the hospital with severe alcohol poisoning after chugging a bunch of Four Loko. Controversy erupted after the shocking instance of alcohol abuse on a university campus. States are now debating whether to ban the drink. Colleges are considering ways to keep the “Blackout in a Can” off their campuses.
Four Loko is loaded with caffeine (about as much as a 12-ounce coffee) and a whopping 12% alcohol content. The 23.5-ounce can is also dirt cheap (around $2.50), which is right in the wheelhouse of a college kid’s budget.
This article appears in Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2010.
I am 39 yrs old and have benn drinking for many years and drink four loko 4 or 5 nights a week.. college kids are gonna binge drink on something else if loko is not available for instance if you take away crack ppl will go to meth or so on.. I say grow up ppl and knock the crying off worry bout your own problems… If I didnt drink loko id be drinking something such as vodka which makes me go completely nuts…. I am behind loko all the way and am so tired and sick of hearing ppl cry over everything in life….KNOCK IT OFF…..
irish, you pathetic cunt. 39 yrs old and drinking four loko piss 4-5 times a week? what a fucking loser. and when i think of chris hunter, the word cunt comes to mind.
Haha did we forget that cigarettes kill hundreds of thousands of people every year back the fuck of of the four lokos n focus on that first is what I say I smoke em n also hate em! Wow seriously!