Article: Time to kill the buzz? ; Worried about caffeine, a legislator proposes a ban on selling energy drinks to those under 18. Teens don't see what the fuss is about.

JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
02-19-2008
Time to kill the buzz? ; Worried about caffeine, a legislator proposes a ban on selling energy drinks to those under 18. Teens don't see what the fuss is about.
Byline: JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Front
Type: Cover Story

Red Bull touts itself as the energy drink that "gives you wings." Priscilla Dimitre, 17, says she just wants a way to get through work.

Busing tables can get tiring - 10 miles of walking per shift, Dimitre guesses - so when she starts to drag her feet, she pops open a slender can of the caffeinated drink.
"All the girls at work drink it," Dimitre said.

If state Rep. Troy Jackson could have ...

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