From ABC News:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will effectively ban the sale of beverages that combine caffeine and alcohol, including Four Loko and Joose, by ruling that caffeine is an unsafe food additive, according to Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

In a press release, the Senator also announced that the Federal Trade Commission will notify manufacturers that they're potentially marketing the products illegally.

A spokesperson for the FDA would not confirm the release, adding that the agency announced a review of the products in November 2009. She could not comment on a projected date for completion of the review.

 If we keep banning things at this rate, maybe the 2020's will be like the 1920's....Great Gatsby, Boardwalk Empire, fedoras (we really need to bring those back)...  Life wouldn't be so bad, right?

Our government has banned flavored cigarettes and now alcoholic energy drinks. Seriously -- what is going on America? These nannies have to go.