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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents, age 12 to 18, should not consume more than 100 milligrams of caffeine per day. "Our purpose here today is to let people know, especially our young kids in school, that these drinks can be dangerous, and be very careful with how you use them, and how many you drink on a daily basis." We lost Davis from a totally legal substance. "Parents, please talk to your kids about the dangers of these energy drinks," People should drink any caffeinated products moderately. However, drinking too much coffee can be fatal most especially to children, teenagers, and those who have weak tolerance with caffeine. Coffee drinkers also fall-in-love with its rich aroma and flavor. But it wasn't a car crash that took his life. Coffee is the most popular stimulant for stressed people around the world. We worry about their safety, their health, especially once they start driving. "Like all parents, we worry about our kids as they grow up. No drugs or alcohol were found in the teen's system.ĭavis' father Sean Cripe said at the conference: The student's autopsy showed no undiagnosed heart conditions that could have been triggered by the caffeine intake. A coffee, a caffeinated drink and an energy soda proved a deadly combination for a South Carolina teenager who died within two hours of consuming them, triggering warnings about the risks of caffeine overdose. and according to Watts, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m. After that he consumed the Diet Mountain Dew and the energy drink.ĭavis collapsed at the school in Chapin, near Columbia, just before 2:30 p.m. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said in a news conference on Monday that Davis had purchased the latte at McDonald's around 12:30 p.m. The cardiac event resulted in a case of arrhythmia, whereby the heart is unable to pump enough blood to the body, and the student collapsed in class before being pronounced dead an hour later. The sudden death of 18-year-old Logan Stiner grabbed national headlines last May when the high school senior died from a surprising and rare cause: a caffeine overdose. Instead, it was an energy drink"ĭavis Allen Cripe died of a cardiac event brought on by caffeine ingestion after consuming a latte, a large Diet Mountain Dew and a third energy drink in a two-hour period on April 26th, according to CNN.

"It wasn't a car crash that took his life.