Moonshine takes toll on Georgians

Washington Times ^ | 9-16-03 | Patricia Guthrie

[ScuzzyTerminator]

ATLANTA - Moonshine, once thought to be a backwoods phenomenon of yesteryear, is being blamed for serious health problems in Atlanta and beyond.

From Grady Memorial Hospital to morgues across the country, recent medical research shows that moonshine is now more of a public health threat than a law enforcement headache.

[PAR35]

Nine percent of 581 Grady Memorial Hospital emergency-room patients in Dr. Morgan's survey admitted to drinking moonshine in the past five years. Of those patients, 26 percent imbibed in the past week. Many had dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.

If he didn't have a control group to see what the lead levels were in those who did not imbibe, then his study is worthless.

Every gallon of bootleg moonshine cheats the state out of $3.79 in tax revenue, tax officials said.

I wonder if this is the real concern.

[mdittmar]

I wonder if this is the real concern.

You hit it on the head.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[BlessingInDisguise]

Oh please government, save us from the moonshiners!!!

[Ken H]

dooley was a good ol man,
who lived just o'er the dell,
Dooley had two daughters and a 40-gallon still
one gal helped with the boiler,
the other manned the still,
and Momma poured the bottles while Dooley fetched em out
Dooley,
settin up the holler
Dooley,
try to earn a dollar,
Dooley,
gimme a swaller and I'll pay ya back someday

[FreedomCalls]

"I was certainly surprised to find moonshine drinkers in Atlanta,"

There is a relevant scene in the movie "Casablanca":

Rick Blaine: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Louis Renault: I'm shocked ... shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
[A croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Louis Renault: Oh, thank you ... very much. Everybody out at once!

[11B3]

How fitting. Flying around looking for some weed, and they find a still instead. Seems to me that the operator of the still should face the same time in the joint as the operator of a meth lab. Shine is an illegal substance just like any other illicit drug - let the charge be manufacturing of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. (Plus there's very little difference between alcoholics and tweakers - only the drug being used.)

[quietolong]

Stop Drinking Cheep Moonshine Made with old car Radiators!
Go down to the Library and check out the first FoxFire book. And go to the Chapter on how to make Moonshine.

[Revelation 911]

Every gallon of bootleg moonshine cheats the state out of $3.79 in tax revenue

must be a mis print

Every gallon of bootleg moonshine circumvents the States confiscatory tax level out of $3.79 in tax revenue