Perhaps I can start.
Because of the regulatory difference, energy drinks are sold as natural health products. That exempts them from some of the same standards that would otherwise be required through the Food and Drugs Act.
As a consequence, there are two issues: they are often mislabelled and can make claims that are not justified, and they're also not required to label some of the nutritional components that they would otherwise have to.
What I'm concerned about is that energy drinks, when abused or used with other medications or illicit drugs, lead to very serious medical complications. I think this should be regulated, as we would expect of any other product, through the Food and Drugs Act, and--