caffeinated alcohol

Could caffeinated alcoholic drinks, which the FDA deemed unsafe for human consumption in November, turn out to be good for cars? A Virginia-based ethanol recycler, MXI Environmental Services, is turning those soon-to-be-banned beverages into fuel.

Under the threat of an FDA ban, the makers of alcoholic energy drink Four Loko are changing its recipe to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine. But the only problem a ban of Four Loko would solve is to save young people from thinking they have personal responsibility for their choices -- again.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission today warned four manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks that the high levels of caffeine added to their products is unsafe, effectively banning their sale. The action follows a series of state bans limiting distribution of the...

U.S. regulators have decided to ban caffeinated alcoholic beverage such as Four Loko, on the grounds that they are unsafe. Five states have already prohibited sales of such drinks.

Less than a month after alcoholic energy drinks stirred up controversy for hospitalizing dozens of students who drank them, the New York State Liquor Authority has pressured the maker of Four Loko -- the top-selling caffeinated alcoholic drink -- to stop shipping its product to vendors there by the...

Selling unhealthy foods to young people is hardly a new thing, but combining alcohol and caffeine in a 24-ounce can and marketing it to underage partygoers as a fruit-flavored pick-me-up is pushing the boundaries. The drinks are raising alarms among consumer advocacy groups, doctors and lawmakers...

With the holiday season upon us, a familiar end-of-party ritual is coming under fire. It turns out that drinking coffee after an evening of imbibing your favorite holiday cocktails doesn't actually sober you up, new research finds. In fact, caffeine may make matters worse: it can give you a false...