I'd like more information.
Look at the second article:
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Students who were male, white, intramural athletes, Greek society members or pledges, or older were significantly more likely to consume alcohol mixed with energy drinks.
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Compared to current drinkers who did not consume alcohol mixed with energy drinks, students who did drank significantly more during a typical drinking session (5.8 drinks versus 4.5 drinks/typical session). They reported twice as many episodes of weekly drunkenness (1.4 versus 0.73 days/week). The greatest number of drinks in a single episode was 36 percent higher for students who reported drinking energy drinks with their alcohol (8.3 versus 6.1 drinks.)
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It also says they are more likely to be hurt or injured while drinking, to drive with someone who is intoxicated, and to take advantage of someone sexually. I'm not convinced that this isn't more a case of correlation than causation. It makes intuitive sense to me that more experienced male drinkers who play sports and are in frats drink more and (thus?) are more likely to make poor, potentially harmful, decisions while drunk.
I don't doubt that the combination could increase the risk of dehydration, but many other common mixers are diuretics as well, such as cranberry juice. They say it could cause heart problems, but they also say that energy drinks alone can cause heart problems. I think someone needs to look at this combination more seriously in order for us to really know what's going on
In my experience, energy drinks are most commonly used with alcohol in the form of shooters, as opposed to full drinks. This probably mitigates much of the possible danger since energy drinks are only being consumed in the order of a couple ounces.
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