Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/f-d-receives-death-reports-185008634.html Gotta love the parents lack of responsibility when the daughter had an existing heart problem anyways.
I think the point is a 14 girl who probably only weighs 90 lbs and has a heart condition already shouldn't be drinking 24 ozs. I get a good wake up from a 16 oz rockstar and I weight 175lbs.
In a statement, Ms. Burgess, the F.D. A. spokeswoman, said that it was the responsibility of energy drink manufacturers to investigate accusations of death or injuries associated with them. WTF?
I feel extremely sorry for the girl who died, but this case has to be seen as an outlier that was exacerbated by external factors. In college, our fraternity was actually sponsored by Monster. My roommate was the one in charge of maintaining the relationship, so he'd take three or four pictures a year of us holding Monsters at parties, and in return, they sent us enough Monster that it literally covered the walls and hit the ceilings in our entry room. I'm talking all of their experimental products, their coffees, etc. We used to just give cases away to rushes, friends, or whoever. In all that time though, no one ever had any adverse effects with Monster. I remember that I used to just chug a few of those before going out, and if I had company coming back after the bars, I'd chug some more. Not even on nights that I had an intense mixture of alcohol, illegal drugs, and Monster in my system, did I ever experience adverse effects from the Monster. I feel very sorry for the family for such a loss. Death is always sad, but it's especially sad when the deceased is young. I just think that the way they're trying to get justice is, well... interesting, to say the least. If you want to avenge your daughter's death in some way, then go after Monster, directly. However, they know that would hold no weight in court, so they decide to go from the angle that the FDA misclassified Monster as a beverage instead of a dietary supplement. While this makes perfect logical and legal sense, it also seems like a rash, vindictive, and possibly money-hungry way to cope with a personal tragedy.
