If I were still in school (especially during my middle school years) and I heard that in two weeks there was going to be a ban on energy drinks... I would have at least one can for every class to enjoy what I could of the energy drink before the ban. This is a ridiculous idea. It reminds me a lot of when Kuehne and a couple of his cronies tried to expel a few of my friends for bringing Mountain Dew for lunch. Placing a ban on energy drinks will not solve anything, and will probably just make the problem worse.

True, sassy, it begins at home. It has to start with the parents.

you know what? I think if "more rules" are "on the books", there's just more for the kids to rebel against.

I know this is gonna shock a lot of people, but parents today could use some education, too.

It's been proven that healthy meals and good sleeping habits increase the opportunity to learn more readily, retain information longer, and increase the likelihood of high school graduation and higher education.

The missing part of this story, unfortunately, is that "outlawing" excessive caffeine consumption is just dealing with a symptom and not dealing with the real issue: parents are not ensuring that their children are getting enough rest (like the gangsters who were out at 2:00 am with guns, and harassing patrons of a local business), are not checking in with teachers to have a comprehensive view of how their children are doing in school, do not pay enough attention to who their children are hanging out with, or should I say running around with...

You chose to have children: it's YOUR responsibility to teach them. The school is there to ASSIST you in the training of your child(ren), not babysit for you.

I need to be fair: not ALL parents ignore their children, but they are probably not interested in The Janesville Gazette, the articles that we read and take great offense to, or the crime and gang activity increase in Janesville and the surrounding areas, either, so I am probably "preaching to the choir" anyway. my apologies.

For what it's worth, you might want to take a look at this article related to this subject.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/27/h...

I guess AMy Rashkin has determined that everyone who drinks these "energy" drinks is clinically addicted to them. Is Rashkin a board certified physician trained in diagnosing the effects that caffeine has on peds? Or perhaps this is gov't nannyism at its best?

Perhaps childrens should attend school year round so that nannyists like Rashkin can determine whether the kids at risk for caffeine addiction (if this addiction exists)use caffeine as a gateway to drinks such as cuban coffee?

I know how unhealthy these drinks are but before the bureaucrats start out-lawing them they better make absolutely certain they define what a "energy-drink" is. And you can be sure when the students find one that is not allowed they will find another that is. I have some news for the school board there is alot more in a drink that elevates blood pressure and circulation than caffeine.

Maybe the TEACHERS should be drinking the energy drinks! It may help the decline of this town's education level and the new generation of kids being churned out to make future "Janesville citizens." Craig High School especially could use it.