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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Life (death) imitates usenet - man dies from LSD abuse.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.012725.22100@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec21.094119.2227@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:27:25 GMT
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- wisp@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Wisp) writes:
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- : To sum up, no-one is suggesting that LSD outright killed this guy, by
- : direct toxic effects. Merely that it contributed to the death, in much the
- : same way that alcohol is blamed (quite rightly) for deaths in road
- : accidents when one party has been drinking. The cause of death may be massive
- : trauma, or fire, but it wouldn't have happened (probably) without the alcohol
- : in the driver's bloodstream (for example).
-
- From what was quoted - it looked very much like the doctor was saying that
- lsd caused the death. Note the "alcohol could increase the chance of death
- from lsd" or similar statement that was made.
-
- That is where I disagree. The statement implies that the lsd is toxic, and
- that the toxicity increases with use of alcohol.
-
- Bill
-