Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...size of a cigarette pack; in one case, they report, the piece was over 7 in. long. The temptation to swallow such unmanageable amounts seems to be greatest among those with poor teeth or dentures, although a few drinks make eaters of any age more careless about their chewing. Alcohol also slows the normal gagging reaction, allowing food to lodge far down the windpipe, with often fatal results. The typical victim is over 50 years old and usually white...
...level of liquor consumption often calls for some precautionary measures to remind revelers of the dangers of drunken driving. Two trailers from the Hennepin County Alcohol Safety Project offer breath tests to volunteers who want to know their intoxication levels. The police administer the program and drive the vans, but are good sports about leaving before the tailgaters drive off. Says Policeman Don Bowles, "If we stayed any longer, we'd have to arrest half the people here...
This is where Haggard seems to have gotten his orientation and his songs again and again echo themes of loneliness (rather than alienation), alcohol (rather than drugs), and poverty (for which hard work and a sense of dignity rather than social awareness is the remedy). Singing about hobos and prisons, Haggard feels like a protest singer, a spokesman for the working man who has his pride or the railroad bum who has his dreams...
They injected alcohol directly into Mrs. Stanek's bloodstream-to act as a muscle relaxant and suppress uterine contractions-and they left a bottle of vodka on her bedside table with instructions to drink three ounces a day. When Mrs. Stanek, who was later moved to Colorado General Hospital because of its high-risk nursery facilities, went into labor, she was only seven weeks ahead of her due date...
However, an independent examiner, who performed a separate autopsy at the request of Largey's mother, reported that Largey might have died either from an alcohol and drug overdose or from a severe blow to the head. He also said that Largey had been beaten severely before his death...