A NEW BILL WOULD PUT
RESTRICTIONS ON WHO CAN BUY
ENERGY DRINKS.
7 NEWS REPORTER NICOLE FORD
IS LIVE HERE WITH SOME REACTION
ON THE PROPOSAL FROM RESIDENTS
AND THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
TOO.
NICOLE.
YEAH.
SO IF PASSED THIS LAW WOULD BE
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD PROHIBIT
THE SALE OF ENERGY DRINKS LIKE
THIS ONE TO A MINOR.
THIS IS COMING AFTER A TEENAGER
IN IT SOUTH CAROLINA DIED LAST
YEAR AFTER COB CONSUMING
MULTIPLE CAFFEINATED DRINKS IN
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THE NEED FOR ENERGY IS
SOMETHING MOST AMERICANS
EXPERIENCE AT SOME POINT IN
THEIR LIFE.
A GREAT IMPACT ON ALERTNESS
LEVEL.
COGNITION.
PERFORMANCE.
BUT DOCTORS RECOMMEND
MODERATION.
300-MILLIGRAMS, 400-
MILLIGRAM OR MORE THEN YOU CAN
DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE IMPACT.
BUT THIS IS BASED ON YOUR
SIZE.
A SMALLER PERSON COULD SEE THE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS WITH A SMALLER
DOSAGE.
WHILE THE LABELS WARN
PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR
ANYONE TO PURCHASE.
SOME SOUTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS
ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT IN
FILED HOUSE BILL 4597 WHICH
WOULD PROHIBIT THE SALE OF
ENERGY DRINKS TO SOMEONE UNDER
THE AGE OF 18.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
ANYONE UNDER 18 SHOULDN'T HAVE
FULL ACCESS TO IT.
JOHN PIERCE TELLS ME HE'S
EXPERIENCED THOSE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS OF ENERGY DRINKS.
I USED TO REALLY, REALLY
LIKE THEM.
THEN IT'S JUST, I STARTED TO
NOTICE THE EFFECTS OF IT.
IT WOULD TEAR MY STOMACH UP.
SO MUCH CAFFEINE.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE
UPSTATE TOLD ME THEY DON'T
AGREE WITH THE BILL.
WHILE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON
CAMERA, THEY BELIEVE THE
SOLUTION IS PARENTS BETTER
MONITORING THEIR CHILDREN.
IF THE BILL WERE TO PASS ANYONE
WHO PURCHASES OR GIVES SOMEONE
UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AN ENERGY
DRINK THEY WOULD FACE A FINE.
YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE
DRINKS RIGHT OVER HERE.
HOW MANY IN THAT ONE?
THIS IS THREE SERVINGS OF 8
OUNCES AND IT'S 188-MILLIGRAMS
PER BOTTLE.
FOR AN AVERAGE ADULT THE DOCTOR
RECOMMENDS 300-MILLIGRAMS ALL
DAY LONG.
JUST DRINKING ONE OF THESE FOR
AN ADOLESCENT WOULD TAKE THEM
INTO THAT NEGATIVE IMPACT ZONE.
THIS BILL DIDN'T GET OVER
THE CROSSOVER DEADLINE SO IT'S
DEAD FOR THIS YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR?
THEY MAY BE PUSHING THE BILL
OUT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE
DANGERS.
