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(48,121 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 03:25 PM Mar 2013

(TN)Bill bans energy drinks wherever alcohol served

Bill bans energy drinks wherever alcohol served

Jager bombs, Vodka-Red Bulls, Electric Screwdrivers and other energy drink cocktails may soon be illegal for restaurants and bars to serve if House Bill 347 passes through the state legislature.

HB 347 by Rep. McManus prohibits the sale of energy drinks at a business with a license or permit to serve or sell liquor by the drink. SB 110 is the companion bill.

The bill would designate the offense as a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by fine and suspension of an offender’s license or permit to serve or sell liquor by the drink.

The legislation considers an “energy drink” as any beverage that contains methylxanthines, and whose main purpose is to boost a person’s energy.

Some local business owners, including Johnny Nanney, owner of Cadillac’s, see the bill as detrimental to their business. Cadillac’s is a local bar on the corner of Lindell and Church Streets.

“It would definitely hurt our business,” Nanney said. “It’s a significant amount of revenue. Bomb shots with energy drinks are probably our most popular drinks.”

http://www.utmpacer.com/news/bill-bans-energy-drinks-wherever-alcohol-served-1.3008945#.UUDfxTei2So

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(TN)Bill bans energy drinks wherever alcohol served (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP

I wonder if meat will ever be banned. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #1

Not the worst idea those alcohol energy drink hybrids are terrible on the heart Arcanetrance Mar 2013 #2

So no more coke? RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #3

I'm a drinker but I am definitely in favor of this. Initech Mar 2013 #4

Good idea. "Caffeine doesn't make a drunk less drunk. You just get a wired drunk." talkingmime Mar 2013 #5

Smells like "less government" to me SoCalDem Mar 2013 #6

Say goodbye to Irish Coffees and Rum and Cokes... ZOB Mar 2013 #7

So what's the designated driver supposed to drink? DevonRex Mar 2013 #8

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

1. I wonder if meat will ever be banned. nt

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 03:32 PM

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Arcanetrance

(2,670 posts)

2. Not the worst idea those alcohol energy drink hybrids are terrible on the heart

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 03:56 PM

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RedCappedBandit

(5,514 posts)

3. So no more coke?

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 03:57 PM

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Initech

(100,107 posts)

4. I'm a drinker but I am definitely in favor of this.

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:01 PM

Mar 2013

Those insanely caffinated energy drinks and alcohol - nothing good ever comes of it and I know from experience.

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

5. Good idea. "Caffeine doesn't make a drunk less drunk. You just get a wired drunk."

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:01 PM

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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

6. Smells like "less government" to me

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:02 PM

Mar 2013

NOT

ZOB

(151 posts)

7. Say goodbye to Irish Coffees and Rum and Cokes...

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:03 PM

Mar 2013

"Caffeine is one of the world's most widely used drugs. Some anthropologists believe its use may date back to the Stone Age. Pharmacologically, caffeine is one of a group of stimulants called methylxanthine, or xanthine, that occur naturally in some plants. Beverages made from the nuts, seeds or leaves of these plants are major sources of natural caffeine, such as coffee, made from the Coffea arabica plant; soft drinks, like Coca Cola, made from Kola nuts; and tea made from the leaves of Thea sinensis. Cocoa, used to make chocolate, contains caffeine as well as theobromine, another xanthine."

http://pol.spurious.biz/dev_zero/caffeine.html

Seems a little ridiculous to me. More nanny-state garbage.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)

8. So what's the designated driver supposed to drink?

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:27 PM

Mar 2013

As she sits there, bored to tears, watching a bunch of idiots getting tipsier and sillier all night long. And she gets more and more bored and sleepier and sleepier and has to stay awake enough to herd those idiots into the car and drive them home safely? Hmmm, Tennessee???

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