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2000 hospital beds being occupied each night by alcohol drinking..

  • 07-02-2012 10:23pm
    #1
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭


    yet other less harmful drugs like cannabis, opiates etc are illegal

    WTF is up with that???


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  • #2
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Link?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #3
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Any citation on that?


  • #4
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Alcohol is a hell of a drug.


  • #5
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Link?

    RTE 1 news


  • #6
    dreamers75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0207/alcohol.html



    rest of the ****e


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  • #7
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    Pint?

    Anyone?


  • #8
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    People are stupid and don't know when to stop drinking. No mystery.


  • #9
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    MagicSean wrote: »
    People are stupid and don't know when to stop drinking. No mystery.

    isnt it the same with everything....even ecstacy,cannabis,opiates etc

    yet the 3 i named are illegal....****in BS


  • #10
    Junior Jacon Jeese Jurger
    Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭Junior Jacon Jeese Jurger


    Even hospital beds drink? You'd think they'd have some spare time for sick people


  • #11
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    nice place to put yer head down for the night. free brekkie the following morning too and a naughy nurse to wash your charlie as well


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  • #12
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Few naggins? grand.


  • #13
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    nice place to put yer head down for the night. free brekkie the following morning too and a naughy nurse to wash your charlie as well

    you obviously never been in that situation


  • #14
    tigger123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,538 ✭✭✭tigger123


    Maybe more people are drinking than doing drugs, and hence more injuries.


  • #15
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Ban hospitals dammit!


  • #16
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    jimpump wrote: »
    isnt it the same with everything....even ecstacy,cannabis,opiates etc

    yet the 3 i named are illegal....****in BS

    That's not an argument to legalise drugs. It's an argument to ban alcohol.


  • #17
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Are these 2k beds a&e jobs or a combo of that and long term lads?


  • #18
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    tigger123 wrote: »
    Maybe more people are drinking than doing drugs, and hence more injuries.

    so alcohol aint a drug..........O.K :o


  • #19
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    RichieC wrote: »
    Are these 2k beds a&e jobs or a combo of that and long term lads?

    HUH????????????

    are you in 1 of those hospital beds now?


  • #20
    smokedeels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭smokedeels


    jimpump wrote: »
    tigger123 wrote: »
    Maybe more people are drinking than doing drugs, and hence more injuries.

    so alcohol aint a drug..........O.K :o

    It's not a drug, it's a drink


  • #21
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    smokedeels wrote: »
    It's not a drug, it's a drink

    so that means methadone aint a drug, its a drink??


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  • #22
    smokedeels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭smokedeels


    jimpump wrote: »
    smokedeels wrote: »
    It's not a drug, it's a drink

    so that means methadone aint a drug, its a drink??

    If you take it with a shot glass


  • #23
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    smokedeels wrote: »
    If you take it with a shot glass

    location: clondalkin

    im sure ya know plenty about phy :D


  • #24
    yermanoffthetv
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭yermanoffthetv


    Instead of putting up the price of booze how about you slap a €200 charge on people who cant handle their drink and end up in A&E. That way I can still enjoy a few reasonably priced beers ( i wouldnt even call them cheap compared to european prices) and nobheads learn an expensive lesson on how not to drink.:rolleyes:


  • #25
    Show Time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭Show Time


    I would leave the drunks to choke on their own vomit instead of taking up a hospital bed which could be used by a person who really needs it.


  • #26
    Haelium
    Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭Haelium


    jimpump wrote: »
    yet other less harmful drugs like cannabis, opiates etc are illegal

    WTF is up with that???

    What!?

    Alcohol is harmful, sure, but opiates are serious ****.


  • #27
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    yermanoffthetv wrote: »
    Instead of putting up the price of booze how about you slap a €200 charge on people who cant handle their drink and end up in A&E.
    Don't they already get charged €100 ?


    Are there any stats on the numbers of assaults on staff in A&E ?

    Yeah we need drunk tanks


  • #28
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    Haelium wrote: »
    What!?

    Alcohol is harmful, sure, but opiates are serious ****.

    only if you abuse them like any other drug like alcohol,weed etc..

    they are a godsend for people suffering from pain


  • #29
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    I call massive shenanigans on the figure of 2000 beds being taken up every night by drinkers.

    Number of beds in the following hosptials

    800 - Cork - Largest hospital in country
    750 - St James - largest hospital in Dublin
    550 - Galway
    522 - Limerick Regional
    2622

    That's a sizeable portion of the country's hospitals.

    No way 2000 beds are taken up by drinkers. OP hasn't provided a link either.

    It must be visits to the A&E he means. Even at that, it seems a stretch as that would be 14000 per week. 2000 on a Saturday night yes, but on a Monday night?


  • #30
    Naomi00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Naomi00


    I think OP has a chip on their shoulder, two different threads and they're still open?


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