
Those killed include 18-year-old Logan Stiner of LaGrange Ohio, and 24-year-old James Wade Sweatt from Georgia.
#CAFFEINE OVERDOSE SERIES#
Food and Drug Administration issued a warning around powdered caffeine after a series of heart attack deaths were linked to its use. The Centers for Disease Control doesn’t track death by caffeine as its own category-these deaths are lumped in with other drug use data-but in 2014, the U.S. Caffeine causes short-term increases in blood pressure and nervous system activity that can trigger a heart attack, which is what killed Cripe-and his death isn’t the first. A 2015 Mayo Clinic study found that a single energy drink could increase the risk of heart disease in young adults. One serving, it should be noted, is four ounces-half the small bottle. Point being, it’s pretty easy to throw those things back and lose track. The label warns that it’s not recommended for use by children under the age of 18, but it also says that one serving has less caffeine than two cups of coffee. Ounce for ounce, it has almost two and a half times the caffeine as that Starbucks cup of coffee. If you still have trouble wrapping your head around the idea of overdosing on caffeine, just take a look at some of the products now available for purchase: Redline Xtreme is an energy drink that promises to “improve reaction time” and “increase reaction time,” and is sold at health food stores with the tempting promise of zero calories and 316mg of caffeine in an eight-ounce bottle.
