Lynne Nowick, a legislator in Suffolk County, New York, wants to ban energy drinks for anyone under the age of 19 years old. Why? She says it’s because the drinks “could potentially be dangerous to teens” and some parents don’t know the risks. She seems to believe that it is her duty to assess the risks and make the decision for teens and their parents. After all, nanny state knows best, right?
According to a “nutrition expert,” whatever that means, at the Cornell Cooperative Extension: ”Energy drinks can cause sleeplessness and high blood pressure in teens.”
Personally, government sticking its nose into my morning coffee gets my blood boiling and keeps me up at night; perhaps we can ban government bans for a while.
During the Four Loko/alcoholic energy drink row of last month, some made “what next?” jokes, asking if the government would try to ban energy drinks altogether. It was a joke that I and most of my colleagues shied away from because we knew that it was a very real possibility. This is one reason we fight so vehemently against any kind of regulatory restriction on consumer products; once you have given government the power to regulate and ban products, it is difficult to draw the line.
http://www.openmarket.org/2010/12/10/energy-drink-ban-whats-next/
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