The Real Reason Four Loko Was Banned

[@rayneozier]

The OG FourLoko being the equivalent to 6 beers, one RedBull, and a shot of espresso is CRAZY 😂

[@mercedesvelasquez8781]

It was the best because the new formula sucks balls. I rather drink a energy drink, beer and my favorite cocktail a martini hey cost more thia way but ao worth it..

[@mercedesvelasquez8781]

Sparks tasted horrible but 4loko tasted so much better thanks to their various flavors. Now if you want to experience a energy boost cocktails drink a red headed slut ask your bar tender to make it for you and its made with red bull & jagermeister so tasty..

[@SalSanchez-dy6cn]

Saw my first arrest at 16 thanks to this lol

[@LeandroFTW]

That original four loko would pound on your heart with the fist of God!

[@drs8922]

I came here to post just that.

[@Tamarocker88]

idk what drink you had, but original four loko didn't cause any more of a reaction in my cardiovascular system than a typical energy drink. Though, I wasn't one of the morons who drank several of the things in a sitting...

[@nmstranger]

must have a medical problem with stimulates because like Tamarocker88 says it doesn't have anymore reaction to the cardiovascular system than any typical energy drink.

[@nmstranger]

@cker88 that is true. If it caused issues after just one you ether have a medical problem which means you shouldn't be putting a stimulate in your system or drinking multiple drinks in one setting like something STUPID. The problem with putting any stimulate in an alcoholic drink is it masks the fact you are drunk so you more likely to drink more and get VERY drunk than you normally will which the video has said.

[@mikejones-nd6ni]

And 80% of the ppl drinkin them are hittin the slopes doin them lines on top of it

[@carloszamudio5444]

Ah yes four loko named after the four effects caused by it. Happiness, Craziness, Grief, and regret

[@soulassassin0g]

And the "Loko" part is horniness

[@TheEsjie]

Sounds like a set of gods I could worship, or the set of gods I do worship 🤔

[@louisepalma6951]

The original wasn't no joke.

[@CommanderShepard-wq3wo]

That’s why you drink another one in the morning after, to not feel the grief and regret. And restart the whole process all over again 🤙🏻

[@jimbucket2996]

The ultimate road beer.

[@bigfoottamer]

Booze cruising to alchovallhala

[@Cowboycomando54]

When I hear road beer, I think of unopened beer that find on the side of the road.

[@loucifer_315]

I now drink a FourLoko with a 5-Hour Energy and call it "TiltedToThe9's"

[@btetschner]

Great name, brilliant!

[@comettamer]

Nice. You were typing this from the afterlife, I assume? Because that sounds almost lethal.

[@ar-sithf.austin3744]

"The 9's" is perfectly fine. You're saying way too much.

[@soulassassin0g]

I call it "9 nights at the clink"

[@italkaboutstuff710]

Me and my friends call it a 9 Loko lmfaoo

[@rami4816]

That original recipe was legendary 🔥

[@shorepolishing4664]

yes it was. I am glad I partied through that time

[@rami4816]

@@shorepolishing4664 and survived to tell lol

[@Dark_AbsoI]

I have no recollection of it so I’ll take your word for it

[@Qapital_J]

I died and brought back to life

[@skrillozedd]

Legendary yes lol idk if in a good way tho

[@p__wing]

I have vivid memories of the one weekend my friend group had caffeinated Four Loko. It tasted awful, so we ended up mixing it all together in a broader punch mixture with some other juices and lemonades we had lying around. We were sitting at the kitchen table at 8:30a, still drinking, equal parts wired and exhausted. I don't recommend it, but it's a memory I do cherish.

[@Tornado1994]

I first tried it at the Art Institute Houston in July of 2004. They had samples of it as it was being Test Marketed. I remember(At 21 I wasn't much of serious drinker) it tasting like A cross between B&J and Rockstar. It wasn't pleasant. It had a Bitter Berry Taste to it.

[@MrThickDick]

P-wing!!! Haven't seen one of those in years!!!

[@andyhernandez3922]

I use to drink it with fruit punch Jarritos at work i also hated the taste but i liked the kick it give you with just one can after two you were obliterated 😅

[@amandaflatley1216]

I drank four looks on two occasions as a high schooler and ended up in juvi both times lol it was a good time tho and juvi actually helped straighten me up so thanks four lokos! ❤

[@Rickt2445]

A blessing in disguise

[@UGFluffyTurtle]

Almost on the same boat, except I was 19, fresh outta high school. That year was a blur, but I remember handcuffs and laughing at a cop after he chewed us out due to a BB shotgun in the trunk of my friends car. Same with the sweet embrace of a floor. Now, I work in helping with mental illness and drug recovery. Four Loko was toxic but made for some great times.

[@T--jg6rz]

Lightweights 💀🏥🚑

[@UGFluffyTurtle]

@@T--jg6rz nah man, back then I could down a whole fifth of Evan Williams and still keep goin. Four Loko just hit different. Besides, no one should be proud to be a heavyweight drinker.

[@jesusbarajas8067]

I can save you

[@BRBTechTalk]

13:08 I live in Canada, we did not get the early versions of Four Loco. I was at Burning man and someone gifted several cans of this stuff to me. I had never tried it before and thought it was just a tall beer. I drink and can hold my liquor but this stuff hits you like a freight train, I sucked back one pretty quick then cracked the second one. I don't think I was 1/2 way through it and I ended waking up in the morning in my sleeping bag wondering how I got there, as I don't remember finishing the drink and I don't remember going to bed. Apparently I was stumbling around camp mumbling things my camp mates could not understand. My girlfriend helped me to bed. Once I woke up in the daylight I read the can and realized it had way more alcohol in it than I was expecting.

[@skrillozedd]

Bro it was so bad. Honestly I'm glad it's gone, but also glad I went thru it lol

[@NathanDodson]

I remember the first gen caffeinated 4 Lokos. Barely though. I don't remember much of my early 20s due to that drink 😂

[@rubiconnn]

I still have one on my shelf. I'm hoping some old frat dude will buy it as an antique to fund my retirement.

[@skrillozedd]

​@@rubiconnnno wayyy lol, that is a relic if it's truly the original. That shit was nasty but did the job lol

[@dewilew2137]

Here here. But mid-late teens for me lol.

[@Budsport_TV]

I recall not drinking for a couple months around the same age when I first heard of them. I was away from home for the time. I came back, had two of those bad boys at my normal pace and the DAY was over. Lol

[@thewonderfulcolorfulworld]

When I was new to drinking my older friend said "let's get some 4 Loko's". We had 10 dollars we bought 4 of the Apple one's. And got 3 dollars back as our change😅 We sat on his porch in the Georgia summer and I asked "Is this even gonna get us drunk"? He replied "oh don't worry it's gonna get you drunk". I'm 3/4th's the way through the first one and I'm honestly extremely drunk for no reason with a hint of energy. And I had to drive a company car afterwards 2 hours later. Then I start my second one and all the sudden I am puking my guts outs in his front lawn bushes for all the neighbor's to see early afternoon🤣 The next day I woke up and asked him wtf did I drink and his simple reply..."4 Loko's". Lol never again.

[@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy]

Man what year was that

[@NewMessage]

Meh... it's no Flamin' Moe.

[@BeyondDaX]

But imagine if it was on fire though and mixed in with cough syrup

[@thagingerninjer5391]

Homer*

[@diegop2311]

Flaming Moe with years before these freaking kids started abusing cough syrup crazy

[@ThatFantasyPenguin]

Hey it's a flaming homer put some respect on it 😂

[@teatimekev8631]

Jus add cough syurp now you have the moe

[@ArmedAndIndigenous]

I was in college in Bellingham Washington when Four Loko was OG recipe. Man I'm surprised I'm alive. I was 19 in 2009. I've had my share. Never in my life have I ever wanted to taste four loko again after 2009-2010😂 Me and my buddies would drink a can pretty fast and try to play SKATE. Falling everywhere having fun. Literally we were all just coked up alcoholics thanks to four loko. I've powered through drinking two cans multiple times. I'm currently 5 years sober at 34 years old😂🎉

[@keithramsay6923]

"Yaking like a Super Soaker full of gravy." 🤣

[@johnjones3813]

Ya, that line sums it up.

[@mutecommercials]

I worked in a liquor store right before the recipe changed, so many folks were buying as much as they could before it was all gone.

[@Killacam1992]

Lol the old four loko formula with caffeine was the go to in high school. All you needed was two and you’d have a good time. I remember my buddy Jack who was our right tackle on the football team and was 6’5 300lbs with a full beard and looked liked he was 30 years old would never get carded at this liquor store so every weekend we’d pull our money together and give it all to Jack to load up on as many four lokos as possible lol.

[@nexusvideo]

The University students created a challenge where you drink 4 of the cans in one sitting. An insane amount of alcohol to drink in one evening for most people.

[@Merylstreep1949]

The Number One Hillbilly and Cholo fuel😂😂😂😂😂

[@BeyondDaX]

Its not moonshine?

[@CrystalSolvent]

I energetically drank 2 of the watermelon ones once. I wasn’t so energetic a little while later.

[@warrens6479]

It was circa 2009 when my friends and I were 18 and went to a house party in a really sketchy side of town with each of us having two going on three Four Looks a piece. One of my friends got into an argument with another one of my friends and he ran away in a four Loko induced stupor. We spent 2 hours looking for him (and throwing up along the way) in what was called the murder capitol of San Antonio but we could not find him. He called the next morning saying that he fell asleep under an overpass 😆Good 'ol Loko RIP

[@LiveFastDieHung]

Tried it in mid '08 when it first dropped on the West Coast... wasn't a huge fan, but did drink it on my nights off work.

[@michaelhowell2326]

We used to call it blackout juice.

[@Louies-Lounge]

I had no idea it used to be an energy drink. I quit mixing uppers & downers after a speedball killed Chris Farley. Only one store in my town sells Loko but it is the 14%. 2 cans for $5. I call it the "switch off" because it's the only thing that lets me fall asleep aside from a hard blow to the head. Strictly medicinal, of course.

[@Yobichn]

Iono if you tryna be funny but hope you get the help you need. No one should feel like they have to down 4lokos to go to sleep. Best wishes fr

[@losangelespolitics5481]

@@Yobichn😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@losangelespolitics5481]

@@Yobichn😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@boblouis972]

I graduated in 2018 and when I was a sophomore four loko had its own mythos around it, everyone had a four loko story

[@starrdowning2554]

do one on absinthe, and also mention how it is like it used to be years ago with all the fun added back in.

[@btetschner]

There is a Weird History Food video called Stories From The Torrid History Of Absinthe

[@Trunks7500]

THE ORIGINAL 4 LOKO WAS NO JOKE

[@nicholas5623]

2.29 for an og four loko...... holy shit that takes me back

[@DiegoMartinezCoria]

Damn, I'd forgotten about Sparks... 🤣

[@Bigzthelove]

It wasn’t bad

[@sayoshinakamario]

And joose

[@sil-80nick]

The ban on drinks with alcohol and caffeine is idiotic. I remember ordering a red bull and vodka once and was told that the bar doesn’t have Red Bull because they “aren’t allowed to sell drinks that mix alcohol and caffeine”. So to make my point of how stupid the rule is, I ordered, and was served, a Crown and Coke.

[@Lampebruder]

It’s not necessarily that but the amount of caffeine in said drinks. Redbull (12oz) has 3 times the amount of caffeine compared to Coca Cola(12oz).

[@MarianneKat]

Not realizing how drunk you are due to caffeine can be fatal. Worked at hospital icu near a major uni😢

[@sufficientphrase7769]

Yeah thats...not the same thing

[@onerandomguy4832]

So you're complaining that they're making the restaurant and the road more safe? Americans are something else I swear...

[@Lampebruder]

@@onerandomguy4832 the drinks and alcoholics are indeed something else

[@dangerzone24]

The original Four Loko was amazing lol. Drank one by myself and spent the night singing along to youtube videos all night. And woke up feeling outstanding oddly enough.

[@amandaengelman5168]

Oh man. I remember doing sparks bombs back in the day. Like a Jager bomb, but with sparks instead of red bull. I don't know how I survived my 20s lol

[@Crackkillscowz]

Damn.... reading that just revived a very dead brain cell. Spark bombs and Malibu. Highschool parties 🥴

[@axminsterz4151]

Mad dogs, and Cisco 4 locos for breakfast

[@Lil-Britches]

I remember these i was 21 when they first came out. Its a little blurry 😂

[@Tornado1994]

They came out in 2004. I was a 21 year old enrolled at Art Institute at the time. They had samples of it there in Plastic Solo Cups with Ice.

[@TheHyena-ru8bz]

I remember we had our younger cousin visit for the first time ever. He just turned 21 and we started him off with 2 fourlokos. At the end of the night he tried fighting the biggest guy in the room over nothing and by the next day he was in the ER. He never visited us again 😂haha

[@kevinriehl5906]

I turned 21 and was in college when Four Loko came out. I remember drinking it at every party that year. I don't remember any incidents of any kind. By the time I was 22 I had a more developed palate.

[@christophejergales7852]

See, thanks to the Four Loko, you didn't remember any of those incidents.

[@matthewsermons7247]

When Sparks first came out, no one was checking ID's for it because it looked nothing like a beer. This was a bitter sweet irony, as I had just turned 21.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating history of Four Loko!

[@Leonardokite]

Dang I missed that! Now to go find some 😜

[@bradleykoperski7198]

I kinnda have to give a little respect to the guy who wanted to ban four lokko in his state and demonstrated it's effects by slamming two cans of it

[@wattsinaname6975]

Respect why? These are the dumbfucks that don't want people to make their own decisions in life and have the government do it for them.

[@Tamarocker88]

What's to respect? The point he made by drinking two cans back to back is that it's a bad idea to slam the equivalent of 6-8 drinks in a short period. That should be obvious to most anyone and isn't a problem specific to FourLoko. High schools across the country have been teaching students about alcohol serving sizes for decades. "one drink" is a 4 oz glass of wine, a standard 12oz 5-6% beer, or a shot of hard liquor. It is extremely common for a single mixed drink to be the equivalent of 3-4 drinks. Four loko clearly has WAY more than just one drink in it considering the volume of the can alone. It was clearly labeled to indicate how much caffeine and alcohol was in it. If someone chose to drink multiple cans in a short time, thus taking in the equivalent of SEVERAL drinks, it's on them. No different than someone being allowed to order multiple long island iced teas back to back at a bar or slamming red bull & vodka.

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

@@Tamarocker88 he proved a good point by doing exactly what most college kids and young people do with it. I can slam to beers in that same amount and hold it down. The fact that the body rejects Four Loko so quickly just proves it’s pure poison.

[@Tamarocker88]

@@jacksonrelaxin3425 You can also slam two mixed drinks containing SIGNIFICANTLY more alcohol than a beer in the same time you could slam two Four Lokos..... yet mixed drinks can still be purchased all across the country. It doesn't prove FourLoko is pure poison. ALL alcohol causes inebriation and intoxication. If you consume enough alcohol in a short period of time, it's going to have consequences. The body doesn't "reject" four loko. In your example, the body is exhibiting negative symptoms as a result of large consumption of alcohol in a short time. You could also drink a glass of straight grain alcohol to the face and be on the floor within an hour. The problem was always the amount of consumption, not the product being consumed. Responsible adults could pace themselves with FourLoko and not end up black out drunk. But yeah, if you think you're going to throw them back like they're 3.5% light beers, you're gonna be in for a bad time. No different than the comparison between drinking a couple beers and taking a handle of hard liquor to the noggin. It's a beyond ridiculous comparison and the fault lies on the moron drinking to excess, not on the product.

[@JDUBZ5150]

The real O.G’s remember drinking Dragon Joose w/ energy mix Lol

[@74bhounds]

Two four lokos? That man drank EIGHT whole lokos!

[@HeyLady2319]

I remember working at a grocery store/gas station in high school. This one lady bought 4 cans of Four Loko with her winnings off a scratcher ticket around 11 in the morning. She went to the bathroom before leaving. At closing when I was taking out the bathroom trash there were four empty cans in there 🤔

[@san8163]

You didn't notice she was lit when she left out 😭😭😭

[@GEKWINS]

We’d pregame before the club with Four Lokos. 2 for $5

[@markedis5902]

Wormwood has a very decisive flavour. I can understand why a beer flavoured with it wouldn’t sell

[@john_barnett]

divisive*?

[@tmcd9262]

“Miller Brewing Company” Immediately shows video of Coors production line. Nice touch

[@lakrids-pibe]

Are they different?

[@TheZieglerm]

Miller and Coors merged back in 2005.

[@AdeptDrizzo]

This channel needs more views

[@primetimecollector619]

I'm getting a caffine panic attack just watching this video

[@mateuszdziegiel1655]

Jack3D + 4Loko, what a time to be alive

[@DeeJay83]

FACTS

[@codysellers8889]

I mean, at least my friends were nice enough to tell me to be careful back in '09.

[@34554omg]

Coffee hard liquor is a thing, beer coffee they draw the line. I don't get it

[@asdfgidji879]

it was exclusively because of college kids. you dont hear of them getting fucked up on mr blacks coffee liquor

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

If you had ever drank one of the original Four Lokos you’d easily know why it was banned. There’s more than just caffeine added, and coffee can have actual benefits to the human body. Whatever they put in that stuff was pure poison.

[@flaguy20]

Four Loko Gold is all I drink

[@GeeEm1313]

Godspeed.

[@BBegaye]

It tastes like the Rockstar energy drink, to me.

[@solidraven6986]

We'd drink these after school lol

[@WrecklessEnterainment]

I’ll tell you what’s a dangerous drink these days is those beat boxes lol

[@JaePhalcon]

Four Loko is life

[@JetstreamGW]

"... Gold... does not taste like coins or a watch!" But some might argue it tastes like stale urine! Hoo!

[@MrRezRising]

Here's my recipe for my Four Loco cocktail. 1 can Fruit Punch Four Loco. Drink about an inch or two. Add orange juice to top. (Brown bag optional) The added sugar cuts the after taste down, and diluting it cuts down on the sodium. I call it a New York Sunrise. If you use apple juice it's a New York Sunset. Enjoy.

[@sonsauvage]

The OG Four Loko could put down certified alcoholics with two. It really something else

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

My alma mater Ohio State University has ALWAYS been a top 5 nationwide party school! GO BUCKS!

[@_The_Worst_]

I just drank a can this afternoon...🤘🏼🥴💯✔️ This was the first time I've ever seen this stuff...👌🏼

[@btetschner]

7:02 Being a hospice nurse would be a very dark job, almost every conversation with the family is about death one way or another.

[@sarahkatie7497]

What kind of nurse are you Ben?

[@btetschner]

@@sarahkatie7497 A travel nurse.

[@kylemayers8282]

I moved to Miami from Toronto in 2011 so that’s when I was first introduced to the drink but I guess I just missed the OG recipe. The drink was still very strong regardless and years later they ended up selling it in Canada for a little bit

[@elijahspeller6796]

"My child got sick from drinking too much Four Loko.... this is %100 the Four Loko's fault for being available"

[@DrunkMetalHead4]

Sounds like bad parenting, then the drink.

[@dewilew2137]

Someone needs to bring back Vin Mariani wine. The OG “four loko”.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

4 Loko drives you crazy.

[@dragoon1090]

I remember drinking four Loko. They were disgusting. Like I would never do that again.

[@btetschner]

10:17 One Flew The Cuckoo's Nest is such a great book (1962) and film (1975)! There was a segment on NBC Nightly News last night about two brothers who had the most cuckoo clocks in the world for their collection.

[@normalplayer7377]

2:59 Damn, Three GREAT brothers from the STATE OF ohio.

[@SKATEcReW1223]

What about the history of the Margarita?

[@btetschner]

I second that.

[@haydenmillholland4496]

I was drinking four lokos in the late 90's, early 2000's. Why does this say 2008? I was married by then and stopped drinking them.

[@Tornado1994]

4 Loko was Introduced in the Summer of 2004.

[@southsentralsaidso3669]

Fourloko would change the contrast of my eyesight to the brightness dreamland possible

[@putoutmyfirewithgasoline1877]

Sparks got me through a lot of shifts at chilis in my 20s. 🙌🏼

[@landonw7099]

07-08 was my freshman year in college and all I’m gonna say is… ya just had to be there lol

[@hoosierflatty6435]

I can do 2 of the 14% in about 3-4 hours but my tolerance is high. I only really drink it in a pinch because the taste, all the sugar, and it usually gives me heartburn and the hiccups.

[@robertkobus5266]

ugh I'm getting a headache just looking at these cans for 12 minutes, although I think the headache started when they said that assemblyman drank 2 cans in under an hour.

[@BA-rh5hy]

There's an era in my life that shall never be spoken about again and I call it the 4Loko era lol

[@ejakaegypt]

The one that made me feel like shit was called four loko gold

[@DamplyDoo]

I had an original 4loko in Miami in 2010. F'ed me up

[@Tornado1994]

4 Loko was Test Marketed in 2004. I should know, they had Samples of it when I attended AIH.

[@alsherrod1]

This drink really messed me up. I probably was drinking about 8 a day. Ended up in the hospital for 30+ days, damaged my pancreas and gave me diabetes

[@mimi2the4]

BS!

[@TripKersh]

"like a super soaker loaded with gravy" ......and I'm dead.

[@ShrimpinAintEasy]

OG formula watermelon Four Loko gave me the worst one night stand of my life.

[@FWDSUXARSE]

I miss the Sparks malt liquor energy booze drink😂

[@Andrefromphilly]

Family feud owns one of the craziest voicemails in history due to 2 cans of watermelon. I’d play big money to hear that call. What a time

[@julieneff9408]

'yacking like a supersoaker full of gravy' - 🤣

[@TehSymbiote]

Bro the first year this came out it flooded the steets 😂 it was a wild time

[@btetschner]

4:04 There is a miniseries called Wormwood that was released in 2017. I added that to my March Watchlist (which is already almost full!). I am going to watch that on March 1st (Nebraska's birthday).

[@anthonylocklear6694]

That's a good watch!

[@btetschner]

@@anthonylocklear6694 Good to know! The first episode was awesome!

[@Riz2336]

I once drank 3 or 4 watermelons in one sitting and that was back when they had the energy stuff in it, can't remember how drunk I was

[@letsgoOs1002]

The drew carry show first did this in the 90's

[@mathieuleader8601]

this soda personifies the 1990's

[@ericmikuta]

They never tasted the same after they removed the caffeine, guarana, taurine, ect. I still grab a Four-loko Gold every now and again when im ready to get down to business.

[@klydejohnson7520]

I still drink em from every now and then I like the peach or warhead flavor

[@highnoon9333]

I was in college during the height of 4L (2009-2013). My school wasn't considered too much of a party school, even though we did have a relatively large Greek system. Our campus was LITTERED with cans of the stuff year round.

[@killercaos123]

> Four Loko: bad > Combining Vodka and a Red Bull: totally rad

[@bobsiddoway]

I literally just drank one for the nostalgia. Wish it still had caffeine, but that’s easy enough to consume. 🤣🤙🔥

[@ElCarcho]

Love your content, but you missed a lot of early story. No mention of Hansen's, or hard e, or b to the e.

[@FWDSUXARSE]

I used to drink Hansens in the mid 90s. It was good.

[@mikemath9508]

i remember seeing 4loko, didn't drink it, but at that exact time the popular mixed drink was jagerbombs. jagermeister and redbull.

[@Jasonarmijo]

Do Bacardi 151 next. Banned for similar reasons. Damn fraternities always seem to be to blame for ruining all of Americas strongest drinks.

[@drummerdude0515]

I remember coming across a forum in the early 2010's called "Four Loko - where did you wake up naked?"

[@gracekim25]

I’ve never heard of this till today

[@sunnybunnyfeeling7062]

I will never be able to consume artificial peach flavoring again, thanks four loco!

[@btetschner]

0:57 When I spent a semester in Alicante, Spain, my friend and I went on a trip to Barcelona. We went to the Picasso Museum, the Sagrada Família: Barcelona Gaudí Architecture, and later to an Eric Clapton concert. We stay in a hostel, the first time I ever experienced that.