Is it safe to drink Red Bull and vodka? Questionable research tied to energy drink giant has shaped policy

This story, published in partnership with The Examination, is part of an investigative collaboration involving The Examination, The Bristol Cable, Daraj, Investico, Paper Trail Media, Der Spiegel, Der Standard, and the Toronto Star. On a winter morning in a Long Island town about two hours east of New York City’s skyscrapers, a Dutch researcher told local officials that their concerns about mixing heavily caffeinated energy drinks with alcohol were overblown.Read the rest…