Booze + Energy Drinks = Drunk

Here's a shocker from a recent scientific study--mixing booze and energy drinks gets you drunk.  Really?  You're telling me that mixing hard liquor with hundreds of milligrams of caffeine and chemicals may lead to intoxication?  Which may also lead to bad decisions?  Noooo, come on.  Ok, obviously this study brings no surprises, but here's what it had to say:

University of Florida researchers surveyed more than 800 college-age patrons leaving bars between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. The participants were asked about their energy drink and alcohol consumption and then had their breath-alcohol concentration levels measured.
The 6.5 percent of participants who said they'd been drinking alcohol mixed with energy drinks were three times more likely to be drunk than those who consumed alcohol only. The average breath-alcohol reading for those who consumed alcohol and energy drinks was 0.109, well above the legal limit of 0.08, the study authors noted.
The researchers also found that bar patrons who mixed alcohol and energy drinks left the bar later, drank for longer periods of time, and were four times more likely to say they planned to drive within the hour, compared to those who drank alcohol only, according to the report in the April issue of the journal Addictive Behaviors.

Researchers estimate that about 28% of college students mix alcohol with energy drinks.  Many people say that Jager Bombs, Vodka Red Bulls, etc... are the nectar of the devil.  I've heard enough twisted stories that I'd have to agree.  You know, the stories that start with "So we were doing Jager Bombs ..." and end in "and then I woke up and I was face-down in a bush and I had lost my cellphone and it was noon and there was a dog licking my face."  But besides an unfortunate story or two, I think the worst thing that Jager Bombs have brought us, are dudes like this: