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Energy drinks are often promoted alongside extreme sports, video games and youth-centric activities such as lifesaving. Tambako The Jaguar/Flickr

October 4, 2015

Alert and ready for action: why it’s time to ban energy drinks for under‑18s

Amy Peacock, University of Tasmania; Nic Droste, Deakin University, and Peter Miller, Deakin University

Given the heightened risk of harm, governments should ban the sale of energy drinks to anyone under the age of 18 years old.

Most young people expect to engage in a number of risky activities at schoolies. Image from shutterstock.com

November 27, 2013

Sex, drugs and alcohol: what really goes on at schoolies?

Amy Pennay, Monash University; Dan Lubman, Monash University, and Nic Droste, Deakin University

After finishing year 12, more than 50,000 young Australians attend schoolies celebrations, with most ending up on the Gold Coast. Other schoolies (or “leavers”, as they’re known in Western Australia) head…

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