Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar and brands of sugary energy drinks will stop being sold on the campus of Vermont's Middlebury College based on its announcement last week. Its ban will start on March 7, Monday. The new policy is based on one student who argued that the caffeinated drinks encourage a culture of stress and bad study habits, while the school's officials have argued the high-caffeine drinks have been linked to alcohol abuse and high-risk sex.

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Myles Kamisher-Koch is a student who works at the college's Dining Services. He argued in a meeting with students, faculty, and administrators that beverages such as 5-Hour Energy boost students' stress and cause poor academic habits, according to The Huffington Post.  

Dan Detora is the director of the college's dining hall services. He told NBC that drinking energy drinks can cause major health problems, while college officials claimed the beverages have been connected to unsafe behaviors such as "high-risk sexual activity."

Many studies do link energy drinks to various types of risky behavior. However, it is unclear if the popular beverages cause those actions or the same people are likely to drink energy drinks and do the high-risk activities.

Kathleen Miller is an addiction researcher who told The New York Times she thinks the latter is true. That is based on a 2008 study she led about the issue.  

Some students agree with Miller, arguing that there were more important issues for the college to address, and energy drinks are not linked to students' sex life.

However, another issue is the health risks of energy drinks. A study published in the journal JAMA last November reported that just one 16-ounce (480-milimeter) can of Rockstar energy drink could increase a person's heart disease risk, according to Live Science,

The research showed that people who drank one can of the beverage with 0.008 ounces (240 milligrams) of caffeine had a higher blood pressure and levels of a certain hormone than before they drank it. Norepinephrine is similar to the hormone adrenaline.  

Students can still drink energy drinks at the Vermont school. However, they will have to buy them at an off-campus store such as 7-Eleven.

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