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    1. Old_General_6741 on

      I personally see this as a good thing. Children shouldn’t be drinking energy drinks anyway.

    3. Jurple-shirt on

      Good, they are terrible for youR tooth enamel and once the damage is done that damage is permanent.

    4. Ready_Progress6714 on

      Pierre wants kids to have energy drinks.

      Edit: for the downvoters look it up.

    5. Jman1a on

      This country is on the ban hammer hard right now. You get a ban and you get a ban and you get a ban.

    6. ifuaguyugetsauced on

      First they come for my energy drink next they come for my speech 

      Oh wait they already do that in Quebec 

    7. UnicornHunt1274 on

      “Quebec’s legislature is currently in the process of passing a slew of bills before the parliamentary sessions ends on Friday”. Makes sense, the bozos are going to lose the next election.

    10. Critical-Snow-7000 on

      Ottawa teens will go to Gatineau for Alcohol and Gatineau teens will come to Ottawa for red bull.

    11. Haunting_Tax_3684 on

      If anything this will incentivize the youngens to start drinking energy drinks because it’ll become the cool thing to do

    12. AsinineHerbivore on

      I think this is kind of dumb. Not because it’s government overreach but because it’s so narrowly defined and targeting the wrong thing. If the problem is that they don’t want kids consuming too much caffeine then the ban should target all products that contain caffeine. It seems like they’ve gone out of their way to not include coffee.

    13. Gamefart101 on

      There’s as much caffeine in most energy drinks as a medium tim Hortons coffee… Are we banning them from coffee too?

    15. ClittoryHinton on

      Youth love the allure of prohibited things. Weed was just about the coolest thing you could get your hands on as teenagers when it was illegal. And the kids with older siblings could often make quite a racket supplying booze. Oh and all the guys were weirdly obsessed with switchblade knives

    16. Salty-Cantaloupe6018 on

      In other news the Quebec government introduces its new line of French energy drinks called Taureau Rouge

    17. Canadatron on

      Garbage juice. Good.

      People need to realize the regulations for beverages are pretty dang loose.

    18. LeGrandLucifer on

      The only weird part is the ban of online sale. We sell alcohol online, why not energy drinks?

    19. Low-Purchase8811 on

      Obviously I don’t think kids should be drinking these, but it’s kind of a sad state of affairs when people rely on government rules to parent their kids for them.

      What next; is Tim Horton’s and Starbucks going to have to start carding too? „Sorry, but you look under 16, no iced capp for you!“

      Seriously though; there is more caffeine in a medium Iced Capp (205mg) than there is in an energy drink (by law maximum 180mg)

      (source: [https://www.caffeineinformer.com/tim-hortons-coffee-caffeine-content](https://www.caffeineinformer.com/tim-hortons-coffee-caffeine-content) )

      And before anyone is like, „yeah but the sugar!“

      42g of sugar in a medium Iced Capp, 49g of sugar in the „Viking Berry“ brand of Monster Energy (which I just happen to have on my desk right now.) So there’s a little more sugar, but not a lot more.

      (source: [https://www.timhortons.ca/nutrition-and-allergens](https://www.timhortons.ca/nutrition-and-allergens) )

      My point is not that kids should be drinking energy drinks, but that there are other beverages out there that I see kids drinking all the time that are just as bad if not worse. Where’s the outrage there? Where is the legislation banning kids from buying Iced Capps and Frappuccinos, which are every bit as bad for them?

    20. theoreoman on

      >The bill, dubbed the „Zachary Miron Act,“ came about after 15-year-old Miron died from drinking a can of Red Bull in combination with ADHD medication in 2024

      So what are we going to ban next because someone has an underlying Medical condition? I think we should ban Youth Sports next because what if an athlete has an undiagnosed heart condition and they get a heart attack and die?

      I’ll tell you exactly what’s going to end up happening, kids will discover that you can buy things like caffeine, taurine, and guarana power that make an energy drinks and then start mixing their own concoctions. And since kids are stupid someone’s going to come with the bright ideas what if I put in 100 times the amount of energy into a drink then this will be a super drink and I will be super awake.

    22. magwai9 on

      This and the social media ban just seem like wasted effort on behalf the governments

    23. ElusiveSteve on

      Lots of comments about how this is the government parenting instead of parents parenting. But a parent can do all they can at home but once that kid leaves the house they have all sorts of influence, both knowing and unknowing, to deal with. And on the other side of the government are billion dollar energy drink companies that will do anything to get more marketshare. I don’t think it’s a bad thing for Quebec to put in legislation to put these companies in line. And help parents deal with the external factors outside their house.

    24. Glittering_Novel_783 on

      Ok? Then they can just drink coffee or find caffeine pills. The substitutes are already out there for caffeinated beverages. Again, it’s the parents job to establish these boundaries. If their kid is using money to brake house rules, it isn’t the governments job to fly in Super Nanny style.

    25. stickscall on

      I’m against this on principle, but also don’t care very much. The youth should have fun vices. The risk seems negligible. 

    26. LavisAlex on

      Zachary Miron died because of a gap in medication safety communication – That’s the tragedy.

      The legislature’s response essentially guarantees that gap stays open, because they’ve pointed the public’s attention at the wrong thing entirely.

      The next child on Biphentin who drinks a large Tim Hortons before school is carrying the exact same risk Zachary had, and nothing about this law changes that.

    28. uncleben85 on

      Look, not a bad idea… but are they going to ban coffee for minors, too?

    29. EarthBounder on

      Maybe „ban“ handing out insane ADHD medication to every kid that is overexcited?

    30. daiz- on

      > Customers would have to show government-issued photo identification to buy the beverages. **Online sales and sales through vending machines would also be prohibited**.

      I think most people are going to be on board until they realize how much it’s going to limit their access at the same time. Energy drinks are everywhere and now the people who consume them regularly are going to have to be a lot more proactive.

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