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Energy Drinks
The number of emergency room (ER) visits associated with nonalcoholic energy drinks is surging. In 2005 there were 1,128 such visits and in 2009 there were 13,114, with the highest number occurring in 2008 at 16,055 ER visits. In 44% of ER visits involving energy drinks, the drinks were taken together with other substances, such…