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Food and Drink · February 3, 2013

Buzzed: Energy Drinks + Stimulants = PEDs of Choice?

Teens and young adults are increasingly self-medicating with a
combination of caffeine, stimulant medications and alcohol, and it seems
that energy drinks — at times mixed with other substances — have
become the performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) of choice. Two recent
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) reports from the U.S. Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are deeply
disturbing.

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Originally published in the Huffington Post

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