Control Factors
An article by the NYT via the Chicago Tribune cites a study by the Journal of American College Health that asserts that energy drinks are linked to risky behavior in teens.
In 2001, it was "school performance, how young people spend their free time, friends' behavior and relationships with family," more so than "chemical imbalances, peer pressure, trauma, exposure to lead, too much protein and not enough carbohydrates, rejection by peers and television...race and ethnicity and family income and structure.
I'll even do the lazy journalist thing and give you a link to Google and tell you that the search returns more than 3 million hits."
Now, I ain't the smartest man, Smokey, but it seems that the one consistent factor in all these reports is age. Seems that maybe, just maybe, risky behavior has something to do with being between the ages of 13 and 19. Teens do stupid shit because they're teens.
Ain't more complicated than that.
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