I came across a story from the beginning of February where a 17 year old junior, Dakota Sailor, died for a little while and is holding his energy drink to blame. The kid is a defensive end and tackle for his high school football team and has led a pretty healthy life, as to be expected for one so young. He went to school, drank a few sodas throughout the day, then went home and slurped down two NOS energy drinks. He fell asleep on his living room couch, which shows just how familiar he is with energy drinks since it really takes practice to be able to sleep on them, and next thing he knows he’s tucked into a hospital bed for five days.
During his lapse in memory, he had a seizure on the couch and was found by his mother Friday morning after she heard a “gurgling” noise. Aside from just the noises he was making, Sailor was also indicating a problem as he was blue. Fortunately, his father is an emergency room nurse and he came running to perform CPR on his son until an ambulance arrived. Sailor ended up spending five days in the hospital and now, due to the seizure, has to be on anti-seizure medication for a year, can’t drive for six months, and has to wear an oximeter to monitor his heartbeat and oxygen levels.
While, according to the DSM, Sailor was technically intoxicated from the caffeine, 520 mg from the two NOS’s, it’s absolutely crazy that he died from that amount. A cool link I came across was Death by Caffeine, which customizes for YOU just how many energy drinks you need to successfully kick the bucket. I can’t imagine how this guy, who, since he played football, was relatively fit and no stranger to energy drinks, had such adverse effects to just two. Energy drinks could easily be being scapegoated again, and the kid was really on a whole lot else, but if he was, the world will never know. Instead, this kid is just going to look like a massive wuss to his football buddies. Cheers!
Sources: The Joplin Globe
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