“I am pleased that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will reportedly heed my calls dating back more than a year to ban alcoholic energy drinks.

“Prohibiting these drinks will literally save lives, preventing potentially deadly mayhem and overdrinking. The FDA is apparently poised to do the right thing, outlawing alcoholic energy drinks -- known as ‘blackout in a can’ -- before they cause more illness, injury and death.

“I call on the state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) to halt sales of alcoholic energy drinks as soon as the FDA issues its ruling. A product deemed dangerous -- as the FDA will reportedly do tomorrow with alcoholic energy drinks -- should be pulled from store shelves instantly. A sales ‘grace period’ is unacceptable and unconscionable, callously and cavalierly endangering public health and safety.”