If you’ve been keeping track of the news within the past couple of weeks, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard of Four Loko. The alcoholic beverage has been deemed as “blackout in a can”, with a single 23.5 ounce can containing the equivalent of four to six drinks, a cup of coffee and all the ingredients of your standard energy drink.
Given the small price tag, the drink became incredibly popular on college campuses. But what happened when all these reports and bans started taking place? Sensible adults were overtaken by their curiosity, and they rushed to the liquor store to pick up a few cans…
Somehow, these so-called “Four Loko parties” lead to people destroying their kitchens, peeing in their friends’ living rooms and making out with their bosses. While that may sound funny, these are true tales we’ve heard from various acquaintances! It should be noted that most of these people are idiotically consuming more than one can within a short period… but still!
If you’ve ever acted like a hot mess while under the influence of Four Loko, we’d love to hear about your experience. Leave a comment with your own personal story or things you’ve heard from other folks. And if you haven’t ever tried the drink, are you the least bit curious about it?
– Dewitt
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Bleh. I not only don’t drink alcohol, I hate “energy drinks” and coffee. Why the hell someone would do this to themselves is beyond me.
Another prime of example of people having no self control and blaming it on a drink…
this past weekend I had not one but TWO cans of Four Loko and had a great night. The key is to pace and not mix with any other alcoholic drinks.
Yes I have, it’s REALLY not that serious… maybe these kids don’t know how to drink. Like modulicious, I’ve had a couple in one night and wasn’t anywhere close to blacking out, it’s just kind of how we start our night down here. Banning it because of this hysteria is stupid.
I TOTALLY agree!
I’ve had two and couldn’t remember anything the next day lol!
A friend and I shared three cans and we woke up the next morning naked in his bed with a condom on his dick, two on the dresser, and one on the floor (all used). Neither of us remember anything after the first can, though we found three empty cans in his bedroom.
I did not even try it till I started to see these reports… and all I have to say is that WE HAVE BEEN MIXING ALCOHOL AND CAFFEINE FOR YEARS! These kids that got fucked up so much they were hospitalized… I wanna see their medical reports. How much you wanna beat they were mixing drugs or other harsher alcohols with it. I actually have 12 Cans still sitting in my Fridge.
I am not a lightweight drinker. I lived in New Orleans for 12 years and spent countless nights bar hoping and binge drinking. However, a HALF a can of Four Loko and I was at the same state as Drinking 5 Cocktails. Stupid arse kids Slamming them like they were soda. They deserved what they got.
AND GOD DAMN IT AMERICA STOP TELLING ADULTS HOW TO LIVE THEIR OWN LIVES WE CAN MAKE OUR ON CHOICES. If people are to weak to deal with the consequences when they do something…. again you get what you deserve!
My opinion is the same.
I had two cans of Four Loko on Halloween right before heading out with friends. But I wasn’t that fucked up. I was loose. It was a pre-req for the rest of the night.
The key here is idiotic college students that want to do nothing but get wasted! My friends and I drink Four Loko all the time and as long as you pace yourself it’s really not bad at all. But stupid college kids like the ones in the news go out and drink one after another and then whine when they blackout or do something stupid. Would they whining if they did the same things after drinking a whole case of beer within an hour? Because consuming 3 or 4 Four Lokos is basically the equivalent of consuming a whole case of beer.
I’m in college and had maybe a quarter can of Four Loko…it did absolutely nothing and I got more of a buzz from the wine I drank later. Four Loko tastes like vomit in a can, so how anyone can drink more than half a can is beyond me. I also never understood why people purposely go out to get so drunk they don’t remember their night, taking a nap would have the same affect on your memory and at least then you’ll be rested. I just don’t understand my generation’s drinking habits…
Four Loko cannot be that bad. It’s a malt liquor that’s pretty much the equivalent of the stronger flavors of Joose. Me and my two friends were drinking the stronger Joose flavors, we split two cans between three of us, and each had one 1/3 a bottle of Yager each. I will admit we all got fairly drunk, ended up watching Leon: The Professional and went to sleep spooning each other, but it was hardly like a black out in a can. What actually got us drunk was the Yager. We started with Yager a few shots each, went to the park drinking the malt liquors and then came back to my place and finished off the Yager together.
This is people getting fucked up and blaming their lack of self control on someone else. If you can’t drink then don’t drink.
Well maybe if the Americas would let up on their damn drinking laws, College kids would LEARN how to drink earlier on and safely. Here in Alberta, Canada, our drinking age is 18. I had parents who thought, as long as I’m being safe, I could drink since I was 16. And I did. When I went off to University, In Alberta, Americans and kids who had parents who restricted their alcohol intake as teens went absolutely NUTS. I was the one taking care of these fools, because I knew how to pace myself. We learn everything from our parents. What do you think happens when you get parents who think alcohol is the devil and won’t teach you how to drink? You learn from binging seniors of your college, who are usually the WORST mentors for this stuff.
So… the American gov’t and mindset has only themselves to blame if these college kids are getting crazy when they turn 21.
Well, I’m from Mexico, and they don’t sell Four over here, or at least I haven’t seen them on stores. So I checked and, man, 12% ABV?? That’s pathethic!! I think it does have a lt to do wqith the way you drink. I mean, I proved many absinths above 85% ABV, and never went that mad out!! A little bit trippy, yeah, absinth does make you feel crazy, but not fuck’d up crazy if you pace yourself. Caffein isn’t a excuse either: Jagger have 40% ABV and I’m in love of Jaggerbombs!! The most hard thing I have done mixing both alcohol and caff was redbull with everclear, wich I will never do again in my life (it was stupid, i know) but that’s becuz everclear have 95 ABV!! The problem is that some people (starting with frat boys) drink everything like water. Now, alcohol is not the problem. And neither would the caffein and taurine if these boy knew better -> is the same thig it happened with redbull years ago, where people dont read the contraindications (wich are not in small but big bold letters) that say : Don’nt drink more than two in one day!!.. And what does people do.. glup glup glup!!!
You have a ton of caffein and sugar and you explote that energy, man, is almost like if you got a fucking MDMA!! But, what a hell, what did you xpect from football jock frats who’s only reason they got into collegue was football scholarship, not academic. Don’t ban the product, ban those idiots!
I don’t know how anyone drinks this stuff. I’ve had some pretty nasty drinks before (too strong/weak, bottom-shelf booze, etc), but this takes the cake. I bought one last week in the name of curiosity, took a sip, and gagged. Then I thought “maybe it’s better on ice!”… no, no it was not. Ended u pouring 90% of it down the drain. To me, it tasted like PBR mixed with a Jolly Rancher.
i’ve heard of the drink, and i am not in the least bit curious to try it; then again, i don’t consume alcoholic beverages, anyway.
on the other hand, i don’t agree with any legislator’s banning ‘four loko’ — for, alcohol is alcohol.
and mother•fuckers have been acting stupid, because of Alcohol (irrespective of brand), for millennia.
so if one wants to ban one, then one should also make the motion to ban all.
(not that i’d agree with That, either.)
additionally: as far as i am concerned, Darwin’s Law is totally in effect, for precisely this kind of situation.
i’ve heard of the drink, and i am not in the least bit curious to try it; then again, i don’t consume alcoholic beverages, anyway.
on the other hand, i don’t agree with any legislator’s banning ‘four loko’ — for, alcohol is alcohol.
and mother•fuckers have been acting stupid, because of Alcohol (irrespective of brand), for millennia.
so if one wants to ban one, then one should also make the motion to ban all.
(not that i’d agree with That, either.)
additionally: as far as i am concerned, Darwin’s Law is totally in effect, for precisely this kind of situation.
I agree on all counts.
I so agree! I have never understood why you want to be so drunk that you get sick. That doesn’t sound like fun to me. I want to remember what I do.
4loko is a godsend. you just have to know how to take it. for example. the first party, i was chasing shots down with 4loko because it doesnt taste like alcohol, and i just assumed i was drinking fruit punch or what not. i woke up in the parking lot of a 24 hour fitness with someone elses cellphone (i still never found my own!!!) and no underwear. regardless of my first time, i tried it again, but drank it in moderation. it provides a good buzz, and is better for you then vodka redbull! I LOVE 4LOKO
now, did u ass hurt in the morning? 😉
when I was in college (early 90s) we used to go out to spent time with friends, hang out, laugh, talk, dance, etc… yes, there was drinking, but the important stuff was what we did while drinking…
years later, while teaching in a small college town in the early 2000s I began hanging out with some students… and I noticed that they got together to drink, and most of the conversation was about other drinking experiences…
now it seems that in addition to drinking for drinking’s sake, that the talking is sometimes replaced by texting (notice people playing with their phone in bars, restaurants, etc)…
my comments r more in the observation territory than a nostalgic reference to my college years, btw…
I want some. I’m a stupid college kid and I want to try this crazy drink. I mean, it’s one can. How bad can it honestly be? How drunk and wild can it make you unless it were a 473mL can of vodka, half-and-half with Red Bull? I don’t even know if this stuff is in Canada because I’ve never heard of it. I’m a college kid on campus and I have not once seen anyone else drink this drink. All I really drink is beer, but whatever. Also, drinking in the states is 21, here it’s 19. But I’ve been drinking since I was 16 so I’ve been drinking pretty much for almost 5 years now..
Jeeze! Don’t I feel old.. Anyways, I’m going to the mall today and I’m gonna check if they have this crazy-ass drink.
god the first time I drank Four loko…I actually hate energy drinks but a friend wanted me to try it. I drank four cans that night, and I was the drunkest I had ever been that night. I was playing beer pong and my sloppy ass knocked all my cups down swatting at balls. I eventually threw up and I blacked out soon after. I remember waking up on a friend’s futon and realizing that I had passed out while sitting upright and I was missing my cowboy boots!!
Don’t.
Chug.
These.
I know lol
I’ve drank Four Loko on numerous occasions with my friends, sometimes at Four Loko parties. Yes I have seen grown men become so belligerantly drunk that it is rediculous. But if drank responsibly, Four Loco is no different than any other alcohol. It tastes good, which is a plus for me, and I’ve never felt especially drunk on them (buzzed yes). I would say there are rules for this drink:
1. Don’t chug the Four Loco!!!!
2. Do not allow yourself or your friends to drink any more than two Four Loco in one night. It is when the third gets opened bad things happen (trust me).
3. If you are around 21 and have friends who are underage don’t let them drink any (I know I know, underage drinking is bad, but we all did it and we all know the friends who look the other way, because we had those friends too.)
4. Hide the Loco. Don’t just put it in the fridge and expect everyone else to be responsible. Give it to them yourself. That way you have better control over how much they drink.
A little late, but I’ll confess anyway: Four Loko helped wean me (25-year-old male) off of booze.
I was at a liquor store, buying a bottle of vodka for the weekend, saw some Four Loko, thought, “HM! Why not just get a case?!” So I bought a case, which I’m pretty sure is 15 (3 x 5) cans, thinking it’ll be fun and whatever.
Welp, nobody over for the weekend, got some illegal hooch in the fridge… why not just crack a can.
Long story short (the actual long story is way too embarrassing): Finished the case in three days – my weekend from work – and remember almost nothing. It tasted terrible, it made me feel terrible… I know people say “blackout in a can” but for me it was like “paranoia in a can.” So when I finally woke up the day after finishing the whole thing, I was all sweaty and panicked and uncomfortable and shit.
Despite, or perhaps because of, how acutely horrible I felt at the end, I prompted myself to live and drink more like a grown-up; that is why my only drink since then has been today, to celebrate the repeal of DADT.
Moral: Stupid shit can save you, but don’t plan on it!
wow, i want to try this stuff?! anyone know if its available anywhere in Australia??