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<H2 align=center>UK: Cocktail Gives Traders A Legal High And Taste For
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<P align=left><STRONG>Pubdate: 10 April 1999
</STRONG><BR><STRONG>Source: Times, The (UK)
</STRONG><BR><STRONG>Copyright: 1999 Times Newspapers Ltd
</STRONG><BR><STRONG>Contact: <A
href="mailto:%20letters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>letters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>
</STRONG><BR><STRONG>Website: <STRONG><A
href="http://www.the-times.co.uk/";>http://www.the-times.co.uk/</A></STRONG>
</STRONG><BR><STRONG>Author: Adam Sherwin </STRONG><BR></P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>COCKTAIL GIVES TRADERS A LEGAL HIGH AND TASTE FOR
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<P align=left>A VOLATILE new cocktail, nicknamed "The
Shambles", is turning sharp-suited City traders into football
hooligans. Police have stepped up patrols to combat the
sometimes violent aftermath of the latest fashionable drink - an
explosive combination of champagne and Red Bull, a caffeine-based
energy drink.<BR></P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>It tastes like mildly alcoholic fruit juice but after
repeated doses the pleasant buzz that follows can turn the drinker
into a raging bull. Traders searching for the ultimate
"legal high" after a high-pressure week have seized on the
drink as the nearest pure rush to that said to be produced by
snorting cocaine. </P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>Red Bull, which its makers claim improves physical and
mental reaction, is a combination of caffeine and taurine, an amino
acid. Taken neat it gives the drinker a buzzing sensation but mixed
with alcohol the effect can be devastating. The Shambles is
the tipple for those who want to get drunk in style, but Red Bull
and vodka is an equally popular "Friday
flattener".<BR></P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>When favourite City drinking haunts call time, the
area becomes a flashpoint as rampaging drinkers taunt the
police. Officers have increased their presence around
Bishopsgate after an increase in drunken violence by City
workers.<BR></P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>The 34.75 price of a vodka and Red Bull is no
deterrent to the drinkers who pack pubs on Fridays. "It's
by far the most popular drink. People spend 370 each a night
on them," said one barman. </P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>Yesterday afternoon a group of drinkers were building
up for a big session in the bar. Ian, a 31-year-old trader,
ordered the first of what he hoped would be many Red Bull
cocktails. "We aren't drinking it for the health
benefits," he admitted. "You get a nice quick rush
from the old vodka and 'redballs'."<BR></P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>Trouble can result from a couple too many.
"It is a very laddish thing. People think they can take
on the police after the bars shut but now there is a much higher
presence on the streets," he said. </P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>The Austrian-based firm that produces Red Bull, which
uses the slogan "Red Bull gives you wings", denied that
mixing the drink with alcohol was dangerous. The company said:
"It is not the non-alcoholic part, but the alcoholic part of a
drink that should be taken with caution." </P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>Black coffee - a stiff dose of caffeine - is usually
taken after, rather than during, a drinking session. The new
habit of taking caffeine while knocking back the alcohol makes
scientific sense, writes Dr Thomas Stuttaford.<BR></P></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left>Alcohol acts as a depressant on the brain, while
caffeine is a stimulant. Caffeine increases alertness,
improves mental facilities and may even improve muscular performance
and co-ordination so that drinkers of this brew may totter
less. <BR></P></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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