[geeks] oh, my freaking head!

David Cantrell geeks at sunhelp.org
Thu Dec 20 05:58:48 CST 2001


On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 09:09:42PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On December 19, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > The LD50 is about 20 liters, I think.  There was at least one instance I
> > remember of an Ecstacy user drinking enough water to kill herself (by
> > accident; Ecstacy inhibits the nervous response that tells the body it
> > is no longer thirsty in some people).  The continuous intake of water
> > dilutes the salt levels in the body.
> So would that mean the water, or the Ecstacy killed her?  Seems
> debatable...

It means that stupidity killed her.

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