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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: <1992Dec22.191328.28640@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec22.124415.24952@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:13:28 GMT
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- sweeney@Ingres.COM (Tony Sweeney) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec18.205224.3243@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : >
- : >Nope. All it means is that the person took some LSD. He also may have had a
- : >few grams of salt shortly before hand, with a meal. Are we to say that, in
- : >his case X grams of salt were fatal? Of course not, that would be stupid.
- : >
- : The man was _legally_ declared as having died from the effects of the LSD
- : in a Coroner's court, by a consultant toxicologist from what many consider
- : to be the best teaching hospital in the UK if not the world.
-
- Well, it is hard to argue, without having seen the report. Would it be
- possible to obtain it?
-
- : >I suspect that the LSD had nothing to do with the death, and that he died
- : >of acute alcohol poisoning.
- : >
- : I'd be *very* surprised if a consultant toxicologist overlooked this
- : possibility, Bill. I'd go with Dr. Toseland on this one.
-
- See above. Thanks for the update.
-
- Bill
-