Should Teens Drink Coffee

     Lots of teenagers nowadays drink a lot of coffee. Some people would even say that teens are now the biggest population that drink coffee on the daily, and there have been studies shown to prove that. Coffee in teens can be viewed many ways as well. Some people believe it is fine for teens to drink coffee and that it won't affect them, whereas others see it as an issue. As the years progress the starting age for coffee drinkers becomes lower and lower, before we know it five year olds can and will be relying on coffee everyday.

     Although, the world thinks all teens drink coffee, that is not true. There are still a select few that do not drink coffee. Chadron High student Brook Herman is one of those people. She says that she does not drink coffee. She also believes that teens should not drink coffee and for those who do, she believes that they could get anxiety and possibly be hospitalized, which studies have shown is possible; if a teenager were to drink too much coffee it could put them in a hospital. Brianna Larson is also one of those teenagers who does not drink coffee. She believes that it depends on how much teens drink if they should or not. "So if they only drink like a cup then it's fine, but if they drink like 5 cups then they probably should not be drinking that much," said Brianna. Also, she believes that if teenagers drink a lot of coffee they can become very hyper.

     Even though there are teens that drink coffee they don't always drink a lot of it. Garrett Reece says that he does drink coffee but not every time does he drink a lot of it. He says that it depends where he is if he drinks it everyday. "Like when I am here at home getting ready for school I just have an energy drink, but when I am in Hawaii (where his grandfather lives) I drink coffee every morning," said Garrett. In a week he says he probably drinks about 1 or 2 cups, but that also depends where he is. He believes that teens should drink coffee but that they need to be careful and not abuse the use of it, or they could get a caffeine addiction. For Katie O'Donnell, she says that she does not always drink coffee, but she does sometimes. Also it depends on the day and or the week for how much coffee she will drink. She believes that it should be the teen's choice if they drink coffee, and for those who have drank it for so long they could get addicted and rely on it every day for a kick start to their day.

    There has been a study that states if a teen drinks 500-600 mg (3 cups) a day they can end up getting really nervous very often, anxiety, jitters, have sleep problems, gastrointestinal disturbances, tremors, increased heart rate, and even death according to Medical News Today's article. So teens need to be very careful and make sure that they are extremely cautious when they want to have some coffee.