Antiseptics, cologne taking place of vodka

Associated Press ^

[SoldierMedic]

LONDON — Drinking alcohol not meant for consumption, such as cologne and antiseptics, may be responsible for nearly half of all deaths among working-age men in Russia, according to a study published Friday in The Lancet.

Dr. David Leon of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues looked at all the deaths of men age 25-54 in Izhevsk, a city in the Urals, from 2003 to 2005. They also interviewed the men's close relatives to determine contributing factors, such as their health status, drinking habits and socio-economic class.

Leon and his colleagues concluded that 43 percent of the deaths studied were caused by hazardous drinking.

[SoldierMedic]

He may have been an angry drunk, but at least his breath was refreshing.

[Farmer Dean]

It’s still a worker’s paradise I see...

[Abathar]

*sigh*

Too bad Teddy Kennedy doesn't like the cheap stuff....

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Kitty Dukakis just booked a flight to Minsk!

[tet68]

You know you are on skid row when....

You find Aqua Velva in the REFRIDGERATED case.

[JoanneSD]

I was thinking the same thing..

[martin_fierro]

Pay up.

[Dr.Syn]

Price and accessibility are major factors in the popularity of drinking cologne and other so-called "surrogate" alcohols. They cost a fraction of what vodka costs...To address the problem, experts recommend higher taxes for alcohol

This is something the Dummicrats could come up with. People are dying because they drink cologne because it is less expensive than vodka.

So, to cure the problem, the "EXPERTS" want higher taxes on vodka.

Am I missing something here?

[socal_parrot]

Alcohol is cunning, baffling and powerful.

[LibKill]

Ouch!

This from the country that invented Vodka.

[SoldierMedic]

The check is in the mail ;)

[2harddrive]

Actually, most historians credit the Poles with inventing vodka....then it spread to other Slavic peoples.

[mylife]

Mmmm Mmmm...a Listerine Martini

[tired1]

minsk is in belorus

[TheSpottedOwl]

Omg, that is good! How much to get iced tea off my keyboard?

[04-Bravo]

A guy in my Basic Training platoon got drank a bottle of NyQuil.

[SoldierMedic]

Robo-tripping! We had two at AIT in my bay who every night it seemed where chugging Cough and Cold

[LibKill]

Actually, most historians credit the Poles with inventing vodka.

YES! Another reason for me to like the Poles.

Beautiful polish women are another reason.

[Squantos]

Prisoner are drinking Purell hand cleaner here in CONUS !

Guess straining sterno thru a dead cat just don’t make it anymore !

[SoldierMedic]

Yeah, I recall reading about that happening in prisons. Aside from the obviouslu high alcohol content in Rubbing alcohols, most also have a toxin added to it to persuade people not to drink it.