It is funny to me that ever time finals at colleges come around we see articles about students using energy drinks to stay up studying. Really I don't know why I find this funny or surprising, it makes sense. It is completely true, almost everyone I knew in college slept less and drank way more caffeine while studying for finals. In fact when I started always having energy drinks people always came and got some from me when finals were coming up so they would be ready. Just this week a college friend of mine grabbed a bunch of energy drinks so she could study for her finals. So yes it is true, and here is an article about college kids riding the energy drinks all the way through finals...

From the article:
It's not just the campus. Energy drinks racked up $5 billion in nationwide sales last year, said John Sicher, publisher of Beverage Digest. He said that was an annual increase of 56 percent for energy drinks, which are defined as carbonated drinks with an ingredient like caffeine for a boost...
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Posted by at May 6, 2007 1:47 AM