11 Rice University students treated for alcohol poisoning after on-campus party

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HOUSTON — Eleven Rice University students at an on-campus "Night of Decadence" Halloween party have been treated for alcohol poisoning.

The school in Houston released a statement saying ambulances were called early Sunday to assist with transporting the students to a hospital. Officials say all 11 students were treated and released.

Organizers say more than 1,000 people attended Saturday night's party where alcohol was available for students of legal drinking age. The event is hosted by the Wiess College dormitory.

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Hutchinson says students organize the party, which has been an annual event since the early 1970s. He says usually three or four students require medical attention.

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http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/477e7447dd704f1ebe3c67a5c65d441e/TX--Rice-Alcohol-Poisoning
 
When 1 death appears from RCs or drugs like MDMA its call for war. When multiple people (3-4), require medical attention every year at one event from alcohol, who cares. its to be expected.
 
Cloudy said:
When 1 death appears from RCs or drugs like MDMA its call for war. When multiple people (3-4), require medical attention every year at one event from alcohol, who cares. its to be expected.
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The prohibitionist reply to that is: Why would you want yet another dangerous substance to be legally available? Isn't alcohol enough?
 
What a load of pussys ha... If it said primary or high school I might not have laughed as hard...
 
Drinking seems to go hand in hand with most people. Even irresponsible drinking-there are loads of movies about partying in college. I just don't think people take alcohol as seriously as it should be taken. It's just as dangerous of a drug as any.
 
how is binge drinking ever going to be controlled?

I guess i wasn't really educated in school about the dangers of alcohol. I think teaching responsible drinking from a young age is the best bet. I've known many Europeans immigrants who grew up drinking alcohol with their families. They don't get shit faced black out dangerous drug and they can hold their liquor quite well, in general that is.

I don't even like to drink and it's caused the most problems of any drug in my life. Especially in university it's impossible to not binge drink, you'd look ridiculous sipping on a few beers when everyone else is doing keg stands.
 
Cloudy said:
When 1 death appears from RCs or drugs like MDMA its call for war. When multiple people (3-4), require medical attention every year at one event from alcohol, who cares. its to be expected.
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I agree with your point, but I will say that if you're going to almost kill yourself with any drug, its probably best to do it with alcohol because at least the doctors and emergency medical personnel know WTF it is and how to treat an overdose. Doctors usually know fuck all about pharmacology, and the more obscure the drug the lower the chances of them even knowing what it is.
 
If they didn't do all these emergency scheduling (which ends up with a permanent scheduled status in most cases), the 'legal highs' seen on the market will not end up in this rapid changing cycle that we are currently seeing (one drug is banned, another one pops up in its place). We'd have more time to study and investigate these drugs, resulting in the knowledge needed to help reduce hospitalizations or deaths from ODs to become available. Its of course a risky thing to involve one self in the ingestion of 'legal highs'/RCs, especially for the lay person who doesn't even use the internet (sources like BL) to get the available information on these drugs, but if these drugs didn't change so quickly information will be able to spread even on the street level, reducing the negative results seen.
 
Cloudy said:
When 1 death appears from RCs or drugs like MDMA its call for war. When multiple people (3-4), require medical attention every year at one event from alcohol, who cares. its to be expected.
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The reason for these incidents is the same though. It's a culture of prohibition and abstinence. We set a legal age for drinking and we have a generally conservative mentality around underage drinking, so there is no moderate introduction to alcohol at an early age except through teens doing it in secret with their friends. Instead of socializing young people with alcohol in their teens as many other places do (i.e. alcohol with meals), we expect them to abstain completely until some magical age when they can go out and get drunk. For a lot of young people this takes place with college and being away from their parents for the first time, so of course you're going to see people getting poisoned.

Even though alcohol is legal, it still suffers from similar cultural rules as substances in general.
 
Foreigner said:
Even though alcohol is legal, it still suffers from similar cultural rules as substances in general.
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Yet it does to a lesser extent. It is more studied and provided for.

Cloudy said:
When 1 death appears from RCs or drugs like MDMA its call for war. When multiple people (3-4), require medical attention every year at one event from alcohol, who cares. its to be expected.
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Yes.
 
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