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MAKINGTHE GRADE

THE CANNED CAFFEINE CREEPING INTO OUR CHILDREN’S LIVESFrom the playgrounds to students studying late into the night and partying early into the morning hours. Joshua Saunders investigates how energy drinks are not only stealing our kids sleep but could be putting their lives at risk.

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BECCA COBHAM, MUMSNET ‘Kids that age are drinking them to get a buzz, You worry that they could found something stronger’

ASHLEY HUMBER, 19 ‘I’ve polished off a six pack of Redbull in a morning. I’ve been there in cold sweats, really scatty and everything feels different’

LOTI BRADLEY, 21 ‘They made me feel more awake and stimulated. In the end I was relying on them rather than them having for enjoyment’

LOU COEL, DANCE TEACHER ‘Children shouldn’t be having them. They will be bouncing off the walls one minute, then sleeping and feeling depressed the next’

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