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In reply to the discussion: It appears a fair number of DUers are unaware of an opioid crisis, [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)""Very few people could get me to throw back a beer at 10 a.m.," O'Malley joked as he toasted the microbrewery's suds with a crowd of locals and business owners.
O'Malley, in town to highlight best practices in economic development, toured the brand new facility, admiring the gleaming copper fermenting kettles, mash tun and other pieces of equipment that turn water, malt, hops and yeast into beer. When it's open, the brewery -- which was once a cooperage, making oak barrels -- is expected to produce about 80 barrels of beer a month, according to owner Bryan Brushmiller."
http://myjourneythroughbeer.blogspot.com/2011/08/governer-martin-omalley-toasts-burley.html
"Drinking too much can harm your health. One in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 2064 years are due to excessive alcohol use.
Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death. This dangerous behavior accounted for approximately 88,000 deaths per year from 20062010, and accounted for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 2064 years."
http://www.cdc.gov/features/alcohol-deaths/
It should be pointed out that Martin and others who imbibe do so just for fun, not from a medical need. And yet their pleasure is a poison. Perhaps rather than posing with the toxin and lauding those who manufacture this drug he should seek to strictly limit sales and supervise those who do imbibe?