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minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPlease, explain in 3 paragraphs your lack of direct experience with addiction.
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause theres only one type of addict in the world right? I’m open to be proven wrong, is there cases of alcoholics poisoning themselves with hand sanitizer still?
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s common enough you’re not going to find news stories about it unless there’s some special circumstance to make it newsworthy. It is the reason the NIH reduces the amount of alcohol in the ER sanitizer dispensers. I also know people have emptied a whole hospital floor’s sanitizers in pursuit of relief from the DTs.
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoYou know first hand of a scenario like that? Were they on psychiatric hold or something? Why would a hospital not treat DTs? Edit: is there hand sanitizer that isnt dangerous to drink? That might be where I’m getting hung up.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYou’re getting hung up on talking about something you have no experience of.
Please, explain in 3 paragraphs your lack of direct experience with addiction.
Because theres only one type of addict in the world right?
I’m open to be proven wrong, is there cases of alcoholics poisoning themselves with hand sanitizer still?
It’s common enough you’re not going to find news stories about it unless there’s some special circumstance to make it newsworthy.
It is the reason the NIH reduces the amount of alcohol in the ER sanitizer dispensers.
I also know people have emptied a whole hospital floor’s sanitizers in pursuit of relief from the DTs.
You know first hand of a scenario like that? Were they on psychiatric hold or something? Why would a hospital not treat DTs?
Edit: is there hand sanitizer that isnt dangerous to drink? That might be where I’m getting hung up.
You’re getting hung up on talking about something you have no experience of.