Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said.
His wife, Paige McGrew, said her husband had been drinking since 6 p.m.
See, Florida? It’s not just you. Americans get drunk and do insanely stupid shit everywhere else in the country too.
i love how everyone wants to regulate this dangerous thing, and its not the alcohol
We tried regulating alcohol and it was an abysmal failure. I doubt there’s much motivation to repeat the 1920s.
sure, but thats no reason to just not try anything. maybe if it were treated as a healthcare problem instead of a policing issue.
of course, that would require the united states to actually care about its human citizens enough to pay for their well-being.
Honestly, the only thing I can think of that could work would be what happened with cigarettes- a combination of significantly rising prices and an alternative to the original addiction (vaping, which is, at least in theory, safer). Some people claim that legal cannabis fills the second goal, but it’s a hell of a lot more expensive than cheap beer, at least in Illinois. And good luck convincing beverage outlets into pricing people out of cheap beer.
i love how everyone wants to regulate this dangerous thing
What wonderland do you live in? lol. I want to go to there.
Fireworks used to be heavily regulated in my area, but in recent years, you can basically get anything short of a stick of dynamite from any of the hundreds of pop-up tents that set up in shopping plaza parking lots every June 1.
I don’t get a good night’s sleep from mid-June through September because of neighborhood kids setting the damn things off every night until 2 - 2:30 AM.
You know at some point I think we have to accept a certain percentage of the population is going to be lost to their own stupidity.
Nothing against this dude or his family. But placing any lit firework or explosive on your head is basically asking for at least a traumatic head injury, if not death.
I’ve been fucked up on a number of substances both legal and not so legal. I don’t think I’ve ever had an idea I’d be willing to act on while fucked up that’s nearly as self destructive as that.
oh, i agree. but the blind eye we turn towards the availability of alcohol which kills untold thousands per year is a little insane. it kills far more than fireworks, and a lot of innocent bystanders at that.
marijuana is a registered drug because of its ‘danger’, but alcohol is not. it would be comical if it wasnt so sad
marijuana is a registered drug because of its ‘danger’, but alcohol is not. it would be comical if it wasnt so sad
Worse, it’s a “schedule 1” drug, which is defined as having:
- a high potential for abuse.
- no currently accepted medical treatment use in the U.S. Drugs.com
Interestingly enough, that definition fits one of these substances, but it’s not pot.
I’d go so far as to bar the consumption and sale!
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