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[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This was also implemented in Lithuania around maybe 5 years ago. Some kids would still get it by asking their parents or strangers to buy them, but they definitely got more rare, to the point where at least where I am, you'd more often see a teen with a ciggie rather than a teen with an energy drink.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In Latvia this started on 2016, June 1st. Not sure if it ever was a big problem, I think this law came because there was an incident when some kid died.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 10 months ago

Similar thing happened in the US with Four Lokos after a bunch of college kids died but we only banned Four Lokos due to the alcohol and caffeine mix.