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Four Loko, Other Drinks Turned into Ethanol

Posted January 07, 2011 10:13 AM

From Salon:

Truckloads of Four Loko and other alcohol-laced energy drinks are being recycled into ethanol and other products after federal authorities told manufacturers the beverages were dangerous and caused users to become "wide-awake drunk." Wholesalers from Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and other East Coast states started sending cases of the high-alcohol, caffeinated malt beverages to MXI Environmental Services in Virginia after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on the sale of such beverages in November.

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Re: Four Loko, Other Drinks Turned into Ethanol

01/08/2011 12:33 AM

A still by any other name still smells the same....[?]

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