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Alcoholic energy drinks "Four Loko," left, and "Joose," right, are shown at a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The state Liquor Control Board voted Wednesday to ban alcoholic energy drinks in the state of Washington.
Alcoholic energy drinks “Four Loko,” left, and “Joose,” right, are shown at a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The state Liquor Control Board voted Wednesday to ban alcoholic energy drinks in the state of Washington.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Truckloads of Four Loko and other alcohol-laced energy drinks are being recycled into ethanol and other products after federal authorities told manufacturers the beverages were dangerous and caused users to become “wide-awake drunk.”

Wholesalers from Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and other East Coast states started sending cases of the high-alcohol, caffeinated malt beverages to MXI Environmental Services in Virginia after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on the sale of such beverages in November. The Associated Press

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