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2018-09-22 Science & Technology

Alcohol causes one in 20 deaths worldwide, says World Health Organization

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-22 06:58|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Alcohol is a natural by product of natural processes affecting natural ingredients.
So death by alcoholism is natural causes.
QED.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-09-22 07:58|| 2018-09-22 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Life is a sexually transmitted disease that is 100% fatal.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-09-22 09:38|| 2018-09-22 09:38|| Front Page Top

#3 How many deaths are caused by 'climate change'? Tune in tomorrow!

Posted by Raj 2018-09-22 09:50|| 2018-09-22 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Drinking while flying is much safer statistically.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-09-22 09:54|| 2018-09-22 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Alcohol probably accounts for 33-50% of new humans each year, so it seems to be a good idea. A maker, not a breaker.

Posted by Beau 2018-09-22 10:47|| 2018-09-22 10:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Just because alcohol was involved doesn't mean it was the primary cause. Never forget stupidity.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-09-22 11:10|| 2018-09-22 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Alcohol also distorts vision and perception especially in bars.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-22 11:31|| 2018-09-22 11:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Yep, and there are 300 million homeless in USA.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-22 11:50|| 2018-09-22 11:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Imagine the number of murders and suicides it PREVENTS.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-09-22 12:03|| 2018-09-22 12:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Then it is more safe to be drunk than sober! Do you want to be part of the 19 group?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-09-22 12:10|| 2018-09-22 12:10|| Front Page Top

#11
I guess I grew up on an old dirt road
Pedal to the metal always did what I was told
'Till I found out that my brand new clothes
Came second hand from the rich kids next door
When I grew up fast I guess I grew up mean
There's a thousand things inside my head I wish I ain't seen
And now I just wander through a real bad dream
Feelin' like I'm coming apart at the seams

Thank you Jack Daniel's Old Number Seven
Tennessee Whiskey got me drinking in heaven
Angels start to look good to me
They're gonna have to deport me to the fiery deep

Thank you Jack Daniel's Old Number Seven
Tennessee Whiskey got me drinking in heaven
I know I can't stay here too long
'Cause I can't go a week without doin' wrong
Without doin' wrong
Without doin' wrong
Without doin' wrong

(Drinkin' in heaven)

So I'm sitting as the bar stool it starts to grow roots
Feelin' like an old worn out pair of shoes
Tell me what is it that I should do
When I'm swimming in the liquor only half way through
So I'm watching as his wings spread as wide as could be
Come on now and wrap them around me
'Cause all I want to do now is fall to sleep
Come down here and lay next to me

Thank you Jack Daniel's Old Number Seven
Tennessee Whiskey got me drinking in heaven
Up here the bottle never runs dry
And you never wake up with those tears in your eyes

Thank you Jack Daniel's Old Number Seven
Tennessee Whiskey got me drinking in heaven
Angels start to look good to me
They're gonna have to deport me
To the fiery deep (Old Number Seven)
To the fiery deep (Drinkin' in heaven)
To the fiery deep (Old Number Seven)
To the fiery deep (Drinkin' in heaven)

Posted by 3dc 2018-09-22 19:15|| 2018-09-22 19:15|| Front Page Top

#12 95% of Deaths Worldwide Not Caused by Alcohol

Hmm, not very scary when you put it that way.
So much for my career as a click-bait headline writer. I need a drink.

Posted by SteveS 2018-09-22 19:47|| 2018-09-22 19:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Abe Lincoln looks on, his heart sinking,
As General MacClellan sits, blinking,
Then gets up to meet 'em.
And where? At Antietam.
Is thinking more deadly than drinking?

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-09-22 20:20|| 2018-09-22 20:20|| Front Page Top

#14 Meanwhile Grant drank outside Vicksburg... and went on to win the war and become a Prez.

Posted by 3dc 2018-09-22 21:05|| 2018-09-22 21:05|| Front Page Top

#15 Was Grant's drinking related to him being a war criminal?

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-09-22 21:33|| 2018-09-22 21:33|| Front Page Top

#16 And 5 in 20 deaths worldwide (probably) occur in the alcohol-free Islamic world. They could use a few cold brews and chill out.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-09-22 23:53|| 2018-09-22 23:53|| Front Page Top

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