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roneythetube · 2009-07-25 10:31:36

read it and weep..http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/jul/25/gary-reinbach-alcoholic-madeline-hanshaw wake up Ireland - we are gonna be seeing a lot more of this in the coming years. And meanwhile a plant with NO recorded fatalities is illegal:mad: what an insane society we have created.

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read it and weep..http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/jul/25/gary-reinbach-alcoholic-madeline-hanshaw

wake up Ireland - we are gonna be seeing a lot more of this in the coming years. And meanwhile a plant with NO recorded fatalities is illegal:mad: what an insane society we have created.

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#2 25-07-2009 10:40am

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"One moment he was just a heavy drinker, the next he was losing weight and being sick every morning"

Some comment to make.......:eek:

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#3 25-07-2009 10:41am

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Sounds like a plan.

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#4 25-07-2009 10:42am

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For those who like to know what a thread is actually about.....

What drives a child to drink?

By the time Madeline Hanshaw's son Gary Reinbach was 13 he was drinking heavily. This week, aged just 22, he died of liver failure. Here, she defends herself – and her son's memory – against those who have been quick to pass judgment

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#5 25-07-2009 10:53am

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Ponster wrote: »

For those who like to know what a thread is actually about.....

i actually didn't till you quoted it. crazy story. i don't smoke weed but i know it doesn't do that to people.

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#6 25-07-2009 10:57am

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They are a happy looking bunch.

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#7 25-07-2009 11:01am

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No way am i reading all that this early in the morning,someone sum it up for me:eek:

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#8 25-07-2009 11:02am

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rarnes1 wrote: »

They are a happy looking bunch.

Off-licence must be closed.

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#9 25-07-2009 11:10am

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Ugh... that poor woman.

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#10 25-07-2009 11:11am

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Down with ALL sort of things!

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Down with ALL sort of things!

except felching goats

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#12 25-07-2009 11:49am

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For those of you who didn't see the pictures of this poor man this week:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6721483.ece

In fairness, I've often gone that colour after smoking too much doob.

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#13 25-07-2009 12:07pm

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Food is legal. eat enough of it and you'll die. When will we wake up to the dangers?

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#14 25-07-2009 12:27pm

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Very sad story but it's an extreme case of alcoholism. Drink, like almost anything else, can kill you when taken to those extremes.

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#15 25-07-2009 12:37pm

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I'm pretty sure that alcohol is actually the solution to all of lifes problems. That is my understanding anyway

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#16 25-07-2009 12:40pm

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omahaid wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that alcohol is actually the solution to all of lifes problems. That is my understanding anyway

This is a fact.

See World health report here

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#17 25-07-2009 1:29pm

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He started drinking to young. I'd say if he was smoking cannabis like that at that age (he probably was) he'd have some other problem. Children's bodies can't handle stuff in their system while they're growing. Someone should pass a law or something because we all know laws fix things.

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#18 25-07-2009 1:38pm

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roneythetube wrote: »

read it and weep..http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/jul/25/gary-reinbach-alcoholic-madeline-hanshaw

wake up Ireland - we are gonna be seeing a lot more of this in the coming years. And meanwhile a plant with NO recorded fatalities is illegal:mad: what an insane society we have created.

This country can hardly control itself with one legal drug what would the logic be in legalising a second?

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#19 25-07-2009 1:43pm

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Stev_o wrote: »

This country can hardly control itself with one legal drug what would the logic be in legalising a second?

You're right. The country is like the Wild West. People are falling around drunk, murdering each other and dying of liver failure everywhere you look. We've abandoned traditional family values, academia and culture and we've levelled the country to a barren wasteland of hedonism and excess. Run away! Run away!

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#20 25-07-2009 1:50pm

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Stev_o wrote: »

This country can hardly control itself with one legal drug what would the logic be in legalising a second?

They're two completely different drugs that have completely different effects on people. It's like comparing chalk and cheese and coming up with bomb. Your expecting cannabis to add to the worst aspects of alcohol where as I'm pretty sure it'll soften them as a cannabis culture kicks in.

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#21 25-07-2009 2:37pm

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roneythetube wrote: »

And meanwhile a plant with NO recorded fatalities is illegal

is death the only adverse effect we should be concerned about?

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#22 25-07-2009 2:38pm

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sam34 wrote: »

is death the only adverse effect we should be concerned about?

Depends on how high up the food chain you are I guess.

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#23 25-07-2009 2:47pm

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latenia wrote: »

For those of you who didn't see the pictures of this poor man this week:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6721483.ece

In fairness, I've often gone that colour after smoking too much doob.

So have I. The difference being that a pizza and a breath of fresh air was enough to put the colour back in our cheeks.
Turning the colour of your own bile whilst your blood fills with urea and ketones is a little more serious.

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#24 25-07-2009 3:03pm

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Many things can kill you if consumed in excess.

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#25 25-07-2009 3:17pm

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I'd read a previous article about this a few days ago, but the tone was totally different. They seemed to be going after the doctors for refusing Gary a liver transplant. This article didn't play that card to the same extent, which is a good thing. I would find it quite hard to justify giving this lad a new liver when they're in such short supply. I'd rather give it to someone less likely to wear it out in a single-digit number of years.

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#26 25-07-2009 3:25pm

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The guy was a heavy drinker by the age of 13!? What kind of irresponsible, ill-fit parent could allow their child to be drinking heavily at such a young age? That's absolutely shocking.

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#27 25-07-2009 3:27pm

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They gave Georgie Best one and it didn't stop him drinking for long...but wait, he was rich and famous.
I agree though on the issue of giving it to someone like this over giving it to someone with non-alcoholic induced liver failure...

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#28 25-07-2009 3:29pm

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Gary... who reportedly got through three bottles of vodka a day at the height of his addiction

That is a lot of alcohol to consume in 1 day.

Link to another ah thread on the same topic.

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#29 25-07-2009 3:56pm

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He started drinking at the age of 11, I'm pretty sure thats illegal.

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#30 25-07-2009 4:37pm
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Stev_o wrote: »

This country can hardly control itself with one legal drug what would the logic be in legalising a second?

Yes, leaving it as it is is the way to go. Let's continue to:
Spend tax revenue policing it even though, despite this tax spend, it's pretty much freely available anyway

Allow organised crime reap the financial revenue as opposed to the revenue commissioner.

It's drug legalisation 101, not that complicated.

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#31 25-07-2009 4:53pm

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Stev_o wrote: »

This country can hardly control itself with one legal drug what would the logic be in legalising a second?

Because if that other drug has the exact same effects as alcohol but is nowhere near as toxic, then it will cut down massively on healthcare expenditure and drastically improve the quality of life for users.

Aswell as making hangovers a thing of the past.

That good enough for ya?

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