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CARIBBEAN | The Party That Kills: How Energy Drinks Are Destroying Caribbean Kidneys

From Lagos to Kingston, a generation is swallowing its way to organ failure — and in Jamaica, a locally made drink branded as “the life of the party” is being routinely mixed with white rum, despite warnings on the can

MONTEGO BAY,  Jamaica, May 11, 2026 - Nigeria sounded the alarm first. Reports from dialysis centres across that country have documented a sharp and disturbing rise in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney failure among young people in their twenties and thirties — a generation consuming energy drinks at rates that are quietly destroying their organs.

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CARIBBEAN | The Party That Kills: How Energy Drinks Are Destroying Caribbean Kidneys
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