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The warrant stated that pledges were also required to lift other members while standing on a book. The pledges drank to excess and Gruver passed out on the couch and no one checked on him until 3:00 am at which time he was then left alone between 3:00 am and 9:00 am. At some point, he had also vomited remnants of spaghetti which blocked his airway.
Alcohol intoxication, commonly described in higher doses as drunkenness or inebriation, [9] and known in overdose as alcohol poisoning, [1] is the behavior and physical effects caused by recent consumption of alcohol.
Excess of body water may also be a result of a medical condition or improper treatment; see "hyponatremia" for some examples. Water is considered one of the least toxic chemical compounds, with an LD 50 exceeding 90,000 mg/kg (90 g/kg) body weight in rats; [3] drinking six liters in three hours has caused the death of a human. [4]
A 17-year-old Georgia boy has died after a brain injury brought on by drinking too much water. On August 5th, Zyrees Oliver was suffering from cramps due to dehydration after football practice. He ...
Dating back to almost its founding, the United States has had presidents who drank to excess and at least a handful who reportedly used drugs, mostly before they entered the White House. But none ...
According to the plaintiff, Read drank to excess at both bars before later hitting O'Keefe with her SUV and leaving him unconscious and exposed during a blizzard. Karen Read charged with second ...
Stolle, Sack and Thomasius define binge drinking as episodic excessive drinking. [7] There is currently no worldwide consensus on how many drinks constitute a "binge", but in the United States, the term has been described in academic research to mean consuming five or more standard drinks (male), or four or more drinks (female), [12] over a two-hour period. [13]
The risk of alcohol dependence begins at low levels of drinking and increases directly with both the volume of alcohol consumed and a pattern of drinking larger amounts on an occasion, to the point of intoxication, which is sometimes called binge drinking. Binge drinking is the most common pattern of alcoholism.