Mortality

Whenever I feel indignation, this brings me back to reality.

Hitchens wrote this just days before dying from cancer.

Celebrity Drug Death Memorial Wall

This feels cheap to me but it is fascinating and hopefully educational.


via DrugAbuse.com

Binge Drinking Is Killing Russians

http://usa-moscow.blogspot.com/

If you need proof that alcoholism is a killer, you need to look no further than what was reported today on the BBC.

According to a national study cited in the article, 25% of Russian men die before age 55 from drinking too much. I quickly did the math, and it means nearly 180,000 men. Total population of Russia is 142 million.

The causes of death were liver disease and alcohol poisoning. And drunken fights and accidents were also mentioned.

Here is the link to the article with disturbing details of what is basically a national tragedy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25961063