Five Reported Deaths Connected to Monster Energy Drink

David Dishneau, Huffington Post

On October 28, it has been brought to the attention of the Food and Drug administration that five people had  been reported dead within twenty-four hours of consuming the Monster Energy drinks.These reports claim that people had negative reactions after they consumed Monster Energy drink.The can of the drink contained twenty four ounces of content with 240 milligrams of caffeine.That is about seven times the amount of the caffeine in a twelve ounce can of soda. The autopsy of all five that were deceased revealed that the cause of death was related to some form of cardiac arrest. According to a survey taken about five years ago, energy drinks made up about three percent in the sale of caffeinated drinks. That statistic has changed now. The sale of energy drinks today make up about seventeen percent of the sales. Monster has benefited the most from the sale increase. Monster has thirty five percent of the sales of the energy drink market while Red Bull had thirty percent and Rockstar had nineteen percent. As this drink gets more popular, more people are being exposed to its harmful effects. The Food and Drug administration claims that they have all hands on deck investigating this issue.