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Picture. New York Assemblyman, Felix Ortiz, sitting in a doctor's office in a blue medical gown.

Next to him are several 23-ounce cans of the beverage of choice at every frat party in America for Loco.

He opens a can and gulps it down. A nurse is hovering nearby, periodically checking his pulse and blood pressure as he drinks to make sure he's not dying.

So this may be unusual for a local politician with a busy agenda, but Ortiz is here to make an important point.

This is all to raise awareness of the dangers of Forloco, also known by fans as blackout in a can. Just one can is equivalent to

drinking around four beers and a couple of red bowls. Assemblyman Ortiz struggles through his first can. He opens a second

can and finishes that. He's midway through his third when suddenly he stops. At this point,

filming stops as Dr. Pedri tries to take one more pulse, Ortiz begins vomiting.

It's an attention-grabbing demonstration that spells the beginning of the end

for the original caffeinated for Loco,

because even though it burst onto the beverage scene like a powder kegstand,

it ended in one big, fizzy flop.

Four teens in white plains are hospitalized, and police say it's all because of a beverage that

looks like an energy drink. There is now a major government crackdown on a popular drink called

Ford Locke.

From Wondery and at-will Media, this is the Big Flop, where we chronicle the greatest flubs,

fails, and blunders of all time.

I'm your host, Misha Brown,

social media comedian and your favorite tall drink at Don't Cross a Gay Man.

And today, we're talking about Four Loco. And here to help me pop open the tab of the carbonated catastrophe that is the original

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