A study has revealed that teenagers who consume energy drinks are more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes or drugs as they get older.
February 6/Ann Arbor, Mich./Medical Daily -- The University of Michigan’s recent “Monitoring the Future” study has revealed that teenagers who consume energy drinks are more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs as they get older due to behavioral patterns of “senation-seeking or risk orientation.”
"The current study indicates that adolescent consumption of energy drinks/shots is widespread and that energy drink users also report heightened risk for substance use," lead researcher Dr. Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath, from the Institute of Social Researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, said in a statement. "Caffeine and other stimulant substances contained in energy drinks have no place in the diet of children and adolescents."