Topic: Young people need to be educated about the dangers of powdered caffeine, coroner says
Anonymous A started this discussion 12 years ago #35,367
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/caffeine-overdose-killed-high-school-senior-coroner-finds-1.2692169A toxic caffeine level was found in the system of a high school student who died unexpectedly, says a U.S. coroner who warns young people need to be educated about the dangers of taking the potent powder that is sold online.
Logan Stiner, 18, was found dead at his family’s home in May. Stiner was an excellent student and a healthy young man who didn’t do drugs, Dr. Stephen Evans, a coroner in Lorain County, Ohio, said Monday.
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About one-sixteenth of a teaspoon of caffeine powder is equal to about two cups of coffee (Elaine Thompso/Associated Press)
"We sent his blood out for levels, and [when] it came back it was a toxic level. Caffeine toxicity will do exactly what happened to him. It'll lead to things like cardiac arrhytmias and seizures," Evans said in an interview.
Use of caffeine from coffee, tea and other beverages is so widespread that it is considered innocuous, but that’s not the case when it’s taken in an overdose amount.
Powdered caffeine is sold in bulk over the internet.
Problems can arise because adding a teaspoon of the caffeine powder to water is the equivalent of 30 cups of coffee.
About one-sixteenth of a teaspoon of the powder is equal to about two cups of coffee.
Evans said he recognizes that weightlifters will say Stiner should’ve taken the correct amount. "One-sixteenth of a teaspoon. You expect a kid to figure that out?"
He suggested that regulators re-consider internet sales of a pound of powdered caffeine to young people.
Logan Stiner, 18, was found dead at his family’s home in May. Stiner was an excellent student and a healthy young man who didn’t do drugs, Dr. Stephen Evans, a coroner in Lorain County, Ohio, said Monday.
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About one-sixteenth of a teaspoon of caffeine powder is equal to about two cups of coffee (Elaine Thompso/Associated Press)
"We sent his blood out for levels, and [when] it came back it was a toxic level. Caffeine toxicity will do exactly what happened to him. It'll lead to things like cardiac arrhytmias and seizures," Evans said in an interview.
Use of caffeine from coffee, tea and other beverages is so widespread that it is considered innocuous, but that’s not the case when it’s taken in an overdose amount.
Powdered caffeine is sold in bulk over the internet.
Problems can arise because adding a teaspoon of the caffeine powder to water is the equivalent of 30 cups of coffee.
About one-sixteenth of a teaspoon of the powder is equal to about two cups of coffee.
Evans said he recognizes that weightlifters will say Stiner should’ve taken the correct amount. "One-sixteenth of a teaspoon. You expect a kid to figure that out?"
He suggested that regulators re-consider internet sales of a pound of powdered caffeine to young people.
(Edited 10 minutes later.)
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #486,682
> doesn't do drugs
> snorts caffeine powder up his ass
> snorts caffeine powder up his ass
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #486,685
What a dumb way to die. The caffeine powder really should have warning labels or something. Dead at 18 and he probably never even thought caffeine could kill him...
Ash !bbKEtchUp. joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #486,693
stella joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 12 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #486,695
this is giving me bad ideas