title: Commentary on Marczinski and colleagues: mixing an energy drink with an alcoholic beverage increases motivation for more alcohol in college students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This commentary discusses the study by Marczinski and colleagues in which they used an alcohol priming procedure to examine the effects of an alcohol/energy drink mixture on the priming effect.
  
  
  METHODS
  The significance of the main findings from this study and new avenues of investigation are discussed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using an alcohol priming paradigm, Marczinski and colleagues report that an alcohol/energy drink combination (AmED) prolongs the desire-to-drink rating compared with alcohol alone.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this laboratory study add to the growing body of literature that the intoxicating effects of AmED are different than the intoxication by alcohol alone.
authors.affiliation: Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. griffinw@musc.edu
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D061215:Energy Drinks / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation / Q000187:drug effects*; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol