We see this a lot in movies and TV shows — people trying to get sober by drinking a cup of strong coffee. But does it work? Apparently not. A study published in the Behavioral Neuroscience journal suggests that gulping down coffee won’t sober you up if you’re drunk, but it may make you awake enough to be dangerous.

“The myth about coffee’s sobering powers is particularly important to debunk because the co-use of caffeine and alcohol could actually lead to poor decisions with disastrous outcomes,” Thomas Gould, PhD, of Temple University and one of the study authors, says in a news release. “People who have consumed only alcohol, who feel tired and intoxicated, may be more likely to acknowledge that they are drunk.”

[ via WebMD ]

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