The Hatchet’s editorial board notes how potentially deadly Four Loko can be, and urges students who consume the drink to be conscious of its health risks.
When a student goes into cardiac arrest as a result of drinking excessively, we are reminded of the dangers of binge drinking. But when a student goes into cardiac arrest as a result of excessively consuming one particular drink, the incident highlights the danger that drink poses. Students who are taken to GW Hospital as a result of consuming this drink, in the words of EMeRG Coordinator David Fifer, are “much, much sicker than [EMeRG’s] typical alcohol overdose patients.”
The drink is Four Loko.