Are more teens asking to find something for them to do for once a week?”
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080606/energy_drinks_080606?s_name=&no_ads= NEW YORK — Between homework, cheerleading and working at Wendy’s, Megan Ward was tired from being always on the go. So last year the 16-year-old began drinking a Red Bull or Monster energy drink before school and sometimes a second one before cheerleading practice. “I was trying to get energy,” says Megan of Castle Rock, Colo. “In the morning, it gives me that extra boost to get me up and get me going. It wears off, and then I’m ready to go.” Energy drinks, laden with caffeine and sugar, have become the beverage of choice for many American teens; 30 per cent say they regularly drink them, according to a 2007 report from Mintel, a Chicago market research firm, up from 20 per cent in 2002. That compares to just 14 per cent of adults who say they drink them. But whil
