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Four Loko: National Alarm Over Alcoholic Energy Drinks Slow to Reach Oregon

By JAMES PITKIN

November 01, 2010 at 7:48 am PDT

hospitalizing nine freshmen

forced a gay man to chug it

Four Loko

pervasive presence in the news

prohibit sales in the Evergreen State

Oregon

caffeine-infused drink with 12 percent alcohol

Oregon Health & Science University

Legacy Emanuel Hospital

John Kroger

Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement

alcohol impact area

Oregon Partnership

called for a federal ban

Oregon Liquor Control Commission

reviewing options

Four Loko's insidious presence in hip-hop

Four Loko

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