Athena Gervais, 14, was found dead Thursday in a stream behind her high school in Laval Quebec after a four-day search for the girl. An autopsy has shown that alcohol may have been a factor in her death. Her family acknowledges that Athena was a frequent drinker of the scandalous corner-store cocktail called Fckd Up. Until this weekend, it was sold at the Couch Tard depanneur chain all across Quebec. Astonishingly, it contains sugar, caffeine and nearly 12 percent alcohol. In the shock of the girl’s death Couch Tard said Friday it will pull Fckd Up off the shelf. It is legal to sell alcohol drinks in Quebec corner stores but a purchaser has to be 18. It is not very clear just how carefully this is enforced but as in all such things it can be skirted. The maker of the drink is the Geloso Beverage Group, based in Laval.
