January 14, 2011

Energy Drinks Don't Blunt Effects of Alcohol, Study Finds

ScienceDaily for January 13, 2011 reported on the mixing of sports drinks and alcohol.

But a new study led by researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health and the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University has found that the addition of caffeine to alcohol -- mixing an energy drink with vodka, for example -- has no effect on enhancing performance on a driving test or improving sustained attention or reaction times.