The Risks 1, 2, 3
When combining alcohol and energy drinks, the caffeine in the energy drink can make you feel less drunk but the alcohol affects you the same. The caffeine can also keep you awake and drinking alcohol for a longer period of time. Both of these factors can increase your risks of:
- Being injured
- Requiring medical treatment
- Driving drunk
- Riding in a vehicle with a driver who is drunk
- Having alcohol poisoning
- Being a victim or perpetrator of aggressive physical or sexual behaviour
Videos
Watch the Energy Drinks and Alcohol video, which was created by the Middlesex-London Health Unit youth group, One Life One You, to learn about:
- How caffeine and alcohol can increase your risk of injury
- How to reduce your risk