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CHICKEN WITH SIDES, A RECIPE THE
FAMILY WILL LOVE.
THAT AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON THE
RHODE SHOW.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEWS
LATELY INVOLVING MONSTER ENERGY
PRODUCTS, THE LAIDEST REGARDING
A LAWFORT FILED ON BEHALF OF A
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO DIED AND
HER PARENTS BLAME THE DRINKS.
SOUPS HOGAN JOINS US TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THE DROAING CONCERN
OVER THESE DRINKS.
WHEN THEY PUT THIS OUT TODAY, I
COULDN'T BELIEVE THE RATIO IN
COMPARISON TO THE ENERGY DRINKS
AND REGULAR SODA.
RIGHT, REALLY THERE IS A LOT
OF TALK RIGHT NOW, IT'S BACK IN
THE NEWS.
WE HEARD THE CONTROVERSY WITH
ENERGY DRINKS FOR QUITE SOME
TIME NOW, BUT LAST WEEK WHAT GOT
THIS GOING AGAIN IS THAT THE
PARENTS OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN
MARYLAND SUED MONSTER ENERGY
DRINKS FOR HER DEATH.
AND THEY'RE CLAIMING THAT SHE
HAD CAFFEINE TOXICITY FROM
DRINKING ONE OF THE MONSTER
DRINKS.
RIGHT NOW THE FDA IS LOOKING
INTO FIVE REPORTS THAT CITE
THESE MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS,
FIVE DEATHS, INCLUDING ONE
NONFATAL HEART ATTACK AS WELL.
THEY SAY IN REPORTS THAT PEOPLE
ARE CLAIMING THAT AFTER DRINKING
THESE DRINKS, THEY HAD SUFFERED
SOME ADVERSE EFFECTS.
TRY WALKING AROUND A SPORTS
FIELD AND NOT SEE KIDS DRINKING
THIS STUFF.
ABSOLUTELY.
EVEN IF YOU TELL THEM HOW BAD
IT IS FOR THEM.
SO EACH 24-OUNCE CAN HAS 240
MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE, WHICH IS
EQUIVALENT TO 7 CANS OF COLA.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE JOKING
WHEN I SAW THAT.
RIGHT, 1 TO 7.
IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE, BUT
WHAT I SHOULD ALSO STES IN THE
MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS WHEN WE
SPOKE TO THEM, THE FDA JUST
BECAUSE OF THESE REPORTS AND
CITED DEATHS BEING REPORTED, THE
FDA IS TELLING US THIS DOES NOT
MEAN WE'RE FINDING AN ACTUAL
LINK BETWEEN DRINKING THESE
MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS AND
SUFFERING SOME FATAL ISSUES.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, THOUGH, IS,
WE HAVE THESE REPORTS, WE ARE
INVESTIGATING.
SOME OF THESE DEATHS DATE BACK
TO 2004.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE
LOOKING INTO.
WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE FDA THE
OTHER DAY, THEY SAID,
ABSOLUTELY.
WEWE TAKE EVERY SINGLE ALLEGATIN
SERIOUSLY, EVERY SINGLE REPORT
THAT COMES INTO OUR OFFICE, SO
IT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO
CERTAINLY LOOK INTO.
ARE THERE ANY WARNING LABELS
ON THE DRINKS THEMSELVESES?
THERE ARE, AND THE WARNING
LABELS SAY SPECIFICALLY, LIMIT
THREE CANS PER DAY.
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN,
PREGNANT WOMEN, OR PEOPLE
SENSITIVE TO CAFFEINE.
NOW, IN THE CASE OF THE CHILD
WHO DIED, THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL,
HER PARENTS CLAIM THAT SHE HAD
TWO 24-OUNCE CANS OF THESE
MONSTER DRINKS IN A 24-HOUR
PERIOD.
RIGHT.
AN AUTOPSY REPORT DID FIND
THAT SHE DID DIE OF CARDIAC
ARRHYTHMIA AND FROM CAFFEINE
TOXICITY, BUT THEY ALSO FOUND
THEY
SHE HAD AN UNDERLYING HEART
CONDITION THAT NO ONE KNEW B. SO
IN A LOT OF CASES, IN SOME OF
THE DEATHS THEY WERE FINDING
THAT AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, THESE PARENTS ARE
SAYING WE STILL ARE POINTING OUR
FINGERS AT MONSTER ENERGY
DRINKS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD ANY SORT
OF A SUGARS, AND THEY FEEL THAT
IT WAS BROUGHT ON BY, OR
EXACERBATED, BY THE ENERGY
DRINKS THEMSELVES.
SO THE UNDERLYING THING IS
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A CONDITION
THIS, MAY HAVE JUST MOVED IT
ALONG A LITTLE BIT.
RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, MY KIDS, AS MOST
PEOPLE KNOW, I HAVE 13-YEAR-OLD
TWINS.
MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD, I WOULDN'T
LET HIM TOUCH THE STUFF, BUT MY
KIDS ARE ON THE BALL FIELD IN
LACROSSE.
I WOULD LET THEM EACH HAVE ONE
CAN MAYBE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE EFFECTS,
THEY ARE LIKE, IT DOES GIVE THEM
THAT --
THEY'RE WIRED.
THEY ARE WIRED.
BUT YOU KNOW, A MONSTER ENERGY
DRINK, THE STATEMENT, THEY'RE
VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THIS, SAY,
LISTEN, OUR DRINKS WITH THE
EQUIVALENT OF, WITH THE
CAFFEINE, A CUP AND A HALF OF A
REGULAR BREWED COFFEE WHICH KIDS
DRINK.
AND THESE DRINKS HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR DECADES.
NOT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR.
BUT THEY HAVE, AND IN ALL OF THE
YEARS THAT THEY'VE HAD MONSTER
ENERGY DRINKS, THEY'RE SAYING,
WE DON'T SEE ANY FATAL ISSUES,
REPERCUSSIONS, FROM TAKING THESE
DRINKS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PROVED YET.
THERE USED TO BE JOLT, THERE
USED TO BE A BUNCH OF THESE
DRINKS WITH CAFFEINE.
HOW DO WE TELL THE KIDS AND GET
THE MESSAGE ACROSS?
WELL, YEAH, GOOD LUCK WITH
THAT, BECAUSE MY KIDS, THEY WANT
IT.
ALL THE KIDS WANT IT ON THE BALL
FIELD.
I WOULD NEVER TELL ANYONE WHAT
TO DO.
I JUST TELL MY KIDS THE FACTS,
LISTEN, THIS IS NOT IN OUR
HOUSE.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I MIGHT
BUY MY 13-YEAR-OLD KID, LET HIM
HAVE ONE CAN OF IT.
RIGHT.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW
THE FACTS, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S
OUT THERE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE
IS SOME CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING
THIS.
A POSSIBLE LINK, WE DON'T KNOW
THAT YET.
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