Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...befallen two magazine staff writers. On Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999, Ginnie and Russell Independence of Colorado Springs, Colo. were found dead on a mountain in Lake Placid, N.Y. Sources inform FM that Mr. and Mrs. Independence suffered fatal injuries as a result of skiing while under the influence of alcohol. The coroner's report found concentrations of the following substances in the blood of the two victims: 12 eggs, separated1 quart heavy cream 1 1/2 cups superfine 1 quart milk sugar 1 quart bourbon cracked ice nutmeg...
...than production. Such pretenses rely on the faulty assumption that the two are legally separable. Because long term health costs are taken into consideration when the FDA establishes its regulations and guidelines, such a rhetorical handstand rests on a pretty weak base. By the same logic behind these arguments, alcohol companies could be held legally liable for alcoholism and all of its ill-effects. Anheuser Busch, Coors and the rest of the industry could be made to help foot the bill for heart diseases, liver disease, drunk driving, violent crimes and a slew of other "effects" of alcohol distribution...
...befallen two magazine staff writers. On Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999, Ginnie and Russell Independence of Colorado Springs, Colo. were found dead on a mountain in Lake Placid, N.Y. Sources inform FM that Mr. and Mrs. Independence suffered fatal injuries as a result of skiing while under the influence of alcohol. The coroner's report found concentrations of the following substances in the blood of the two victims...
...group of state legislators have their way, local alcohol consumers soon may have an extra day to purchase their libations...
...increasing number of them are driving to their deaths. While fatalities for most drivers have dropped in the past two decades, traffic deaths of newly licensed 16-year-olds surged about 50% between 1975 and 1996. Even more troubling than the rising body count are the reasons behind it. Alcohol, the main culprit in teen accidents in the '80s, is now much less of a problem, thanks to a major educational blitz. Instead, safety specialists blame the sort of naive errors that killed Wells and her friends. Citing cutbacks in driver education by schools, experts contend that young motorists simply...