The sale of the unofficial drink of black-outs and bad decisions will be illegal in New York.
The heavily-caffeinated, alcoholic punch preferred by NYU students and recession-worn 20-somethings alike will deliver its last shipments into New York City on November 19, placing its last cans in bodegas around early December.
The $3 dollar drinks, which pretty much carry the contents of six beers and a shot of espresso, have already been targeted by several states, with New York state being the fourth to ban their sale altogether. Four Loko’s even managed to get banned in Michigan, a state liberal enough with their substances to have legalized medicinal marijuana.
The ban comes as no surprise, as reports have been popping up nationwide of underage kids and college students going bat shit on Four Loko’s 12% alcoholic content. Just this October, it was reported that the drink hospitalized 17 students and six visitors at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Though, after all, that is Jersey.
Despite its medical dangers, during its short lifespan Four Loko became a sort of unofficial nectar of the hard-partying, at times brain dead, city youth. So, it’s with great pain that we pour out a little “Lemonade Flavor” to the end of an era of instant black-outs and ridiculous morning-after stories across New York.
In the drink’s memory, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite Four Loko stories below.








November 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm, Brandon Swarthout said:
The str8 FACTS on Four Loko that the gov. dosen't want you to know…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QobXa8kh-A
November 16, 2010 at 10:13 pm, Eric19ny85 said:
Alexander I drank two four Lokos when I woke up I was tied up to my bed appenrently I was chasing all my friends with a knife and threw up all over the living room and stabed my friends door with a kitchen knife the sad part I don't remember any of this as hard as I try to.
November 17, 2010 at 4:46 am, Ciara Westervelt said:
did they banned them in NY ?
November 19, 2010 at 11:52 am, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Reviews Downright Confounding | Death and Taxes said:
[...] Potter and the Deathly Hallows reviews are as pointless as Four Loko without the caffeine—we’re all going to go see this thing no matter what the reviews [...]
December 15, 2010 at 6:11 pm, way2go said:
Obviously some of the stories above and below me are from people who do not know how to drink. First of all, you don't chug a four loko – no wonder you were shitting your pants and puking all over yourself. I mean, do you go and blow a whole load of coke? NO, because you'll die, dumbass. Second, how old are you? Jesus, getting fucked is one thing, but are you suicidal? It's called being responsible. Obviously all you stupid, irresponsible kids have to go and ruin it for everyone else. I've never had a bad experience with it and hope they leave it on the market so I can keep enjoying myself along with the other responsible people who don't have issues shitting their/other people's beds.
September 23, 2011 at 5:31 pm, Gabriel said:
Please don’t ban those, they are putting natural selection in motion back again.