Energy drinks have often been described
as drinks that have potentially dangerous health consequences, the dangers lying in the high levels of caffeine contained in them. For this and other reasons, the House of Representatives on Tuesday moved to ban the importation and sale of caffeinated drinks, popularly known as ‘energy drinks’, in the country.

Following a motion sponsored by a member, Yacoob Bush-Alebiosu, the house directed its Joint Committee on Health/Commerce to investigate the importation and distribution of the drinks. According to Punch, Bush-Alebiosu listed Germany, Norway, France and Denmark among some of the countries that had banned the sale of the drinks in their jurisdiction “as a result of health risks caused by the consumption of energy drinks, including reported cases of deaths.” He said that research conducted by the Cardiovascular

Research Centre at the Royal Adeliade Hospital and Adeliade University in Southern Australia reveals a link between students consuming a particular brand of energy drink and the unstable state of their hearts.

Bush-Alebiosu added that many brands of the drinks had flooded the country, as consumers were also mixing them with alcoholic drinks. The drinks are now first choice beverages among young people, especially on campuses, bars, clubs and social functions across the country. He said, “These drinks are being mixed with alcoholic drinks and become more deadly as they tend to mask the level of intoxication already settled in the bodies of the consumers of this mixture, thereby allowing young adults to consume much more alcohol than normal, which often times lead to young people passing out after such in- take and also an increase in road accidents involving such people.”

The lawmaker raised some pertinent points here. What are your thoughts on the sale and consumption of energy drinks and the move by the House of Reps to ban its sale and importation in Nigeria? Is this a good step?

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I'm currently drinking one as we speak.

ok! if we are to go this route, do u know how many drinks and foodstuffs we are going to ban? #noticemeattitude

BedLam: ok! if we are to go this route, do u know how many drinks and foodstuffs we are going to ban? #noticemeattitude

don't mind them, they're just clueless as to what to do next. They should start with alcohol, if they're really serious.

About time...

Nigeria currently has one of the worst health care systems in the world. We can not complicate matter with poisonous food.

It's not just the caffeine that is scary in energy drinks; the unnatural boost it gives the body makes you age fast, causes migraine, sleeplessness, depression, dizziness, premature ejaculation in men. It also have agents sending unnatural electrical signals to the brain which is why it cause dizziness/migraine. The bad effects of regular use of energy drinks are really bad and the good effects are only momentary not everlasting.

Don't ruin your life for an hour of energy. If you work hard labour, request breaks. Don't kill yourself.. Energy drinks are really bad for your health. It should be banned. But I ask this, if energy drink can be banned, why not ban alcohol? alcohol is bad for the body with more bad effects than energy drinks. Ban any drink over 15% alcohol.

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Is this the problem of Nigeriainstead of making favorable laws and bringing to the grass root the dividends of democracy you are here doin rubbish and some of you senseless ones will heap every decay on his excellency the president of the federal republic.

Well they dont have better things like bh to talk about so they started talking about drink. Thumbs up for them

0lumide: About time...

Nigeria currently has one of the worst health care systems in the world. We can not complicate matter with poisonous food.

It's not just the caffeine that is scary in energy drinks; the unnatural boost it gives the body makes you age fast, causes migraine, sleeplessness, depression, dizziness, premature ejaculation in men. It also have agents sending unnatural electrical signals to the brain which is why it cause dizziness/migraine. The bad effects of regular use of energy drinks are really bad and the good effects are only momentary not everlasting.

Don't ruin your life for an hour of energy. If you work hard labour, request breaks. Don't kill yourself.. Energy drinks are really bad for your health. It should be banned. But I ask this, if energy drink can be banned, why not ban alcohol? alcohol is bad for the body with more bad effects than energy drinks. Ban any drink over 15% alcohol.

Ban alcohol keee, no let association of night club owners nab u oooo.......

Provided they don't ban Moet and Alomo bitter.

very good to save the God forsaken lives of ds nothern boys taking them like malt....

Abeg ooo, wetyn concern dem, we wey dey drink am no dey complain ooo

Question: What is the motive for the Reps gingering for a ban on Energy drinks?
Answer: Modafockaz want Energy Drink Importers & Lobbyists to come and settle them!

No more, no less!

Abi is that the legislation their constituents sent them to Abuja to do?! When is one of them going to propose a bill for the slashing of their bloated salaries & allowances by at least 75%?!

Na Powerhorse & Redbull be their problem! Nothing'll come out of this by the time a few suitcases stuffed with dollars shut these criminals up.. Mark my words!

Health is very important than any drink.

they fit ban anything but make dem no ban ALOMO BITTER. Cos that one na wahala and she go vex leave me.
Na alomo dey sustain us o!

I support them for obvious reasons.

Nonsensical Nonsensibility!

I support the move because the rate at which energy drinks are entering the market is alarming. You see a new one everyday and most times they are substandard. This could have adverse effects on consumers health. Maybe not a total ban but there should be some form of strict regulation.

Government know the best...
This is a matter of life and death.

All these sleeping lawmakers self! Ban igbo, cocain, explosives, guns, heroin, okrika etc just to create more wealth for smugglers.

They should ban ciggaret instead of powerhouse o

If you're still doubting the fact that energy drinks are very, very dangerous to health, read this article (6 bitter truths manufacturers never told you about energy drinks):
http://vitalhealthinfo.com/side-effects-of-energy-drinks

they should concentrate on better things and stop frivolous bans

[quote
author=Tolexander]they fit ban anything but make dem no ban ALOMO
BITTER. Cos that one na wahala and she go vex leave me.[/quote u no dey serious na only ALOMO BITTER u fit carry sex woman?

A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy with for young mothers and their children.You all have obsessions the doctor said.
1. He said to the 1st mother, you are obsessed with food you even named your daughter CANDY.
2. The 2nd mother. Your obsession is with money you named your daughter PENNY.
3. He looks to the 3rd mother, your obsession is wit alcohol you named yourchild BRANDY.
4. At this point the 4th mother gets up, takes her little boy by the hand and says, "Come on DÎCK, we're leaving". -abeg wats her own obsession

Make dem no ban zobo abeg.

Na wetin I go come take dey mix my alomo with now? Abeg make dem reason another tin jare..

nigerian government as a whole have a problem of misplaced priorities.now they are rubbing shoulders with the likes of germany & france, yet they cant boast of half the efficiency of germany's health care system or of any of the other countries mentioned. Energy drinks may not be safe for consumption(more or less in nigeria where we abuse every substance, imagine mixing them with spirit) but our dear local kola nut contains an equally high level of caffeine & nigerians consume dt a lot too, why not fix our health system & then checkmate the energy drinks inflow later. The same people discussing this ban in the parliament will still flood any social function they organise with the same products they openly condemn.

Ah..! Why naa? Shaa de can't do such if not ehhhh :PAh..! Why naa? Shaa de can't do such if not ehhhh

i second the motion this drink should be banned. people are consuming it more than water theses days and he health effect is too gruesome