Energy Drink Persuasive Speech

I will be talking about why it should be illegal for minors to have energy drinks. It is an an important issue because many minors in fact do drink energy drinks. However, minors do not just drink energy drinks, energy drinks are often marketed and supported to minors. I even drank multiple energy drinks when I was working late shifts at my job in high school. Although, energy drinks can have a very negative effect on people and should not be legal to minors in any way. The first thing I know is that energy drinks have a dangerously amount of caffeine in it. I have also heard of many instances of people being rushed to the hospital after consuming energy drinks. Drinking multiple energy drinks is very deadly and can be very dangerous for someone's

There are studies to prove that energy drinks cause, cardiac arrest, vomiting, migraines, type 2 diabetes and blood pressure. I also learned that there are even some companies that do not support energy drinks. For example in 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a report on the appropriateness of sports and energy drinks for children, they concluded that "energy drinks pose potential health risks because of the stimulants they contain, and should never be consumed by children and adolescents. Also, in 2013, the American Medical Association adopted a policy supporting a ban on the marketing of energy drinks to those under 18, arguing that energy drinks could lead to a host of issues in young people, including heart problems. However, it is hard to me to understand why energy drink consumption has greatly increased in recent years. The number of negatively affected people of energy drinks has rose also. From 2005 to 20011, energy drink related emergency room has rose from 1,1494 to 20,783. Energy drinks are so dangerous and they are discouraged from some companies yet there has been very little action to protect people from