Thirty-eight people have died in Tripoli since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the Libyan health ministry said on Monday. "The number of deaths due to the consumption of homemade alcohol has grown, with 22 new cases bringing the total to 38," ministry spokesman Amar Mohamed Amar told AFP, adding that "the number of people poisoned has reached 378." The ministry had earlier given a toll of 16 dead and 310 poisoned, after saying on Sunday that five people had died from drinking the illegal concoction. Tripoli medical centre's health chief Youssef al-Wafi said on Sunday that "preliminary tests revealed the symptoms of poisoning from the consumption of homemade alcohol containing methanol." Wafi said the health risks included kidney failure, blindness, seizures and possible death, with those thought to have consumed the toxic drink ranging in age from 19 to 50. The consumption and sale of alcohol is banned in Libya, even though it is available on the black market. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ho...stry-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42775&NewsCatID=352 Anarchy & Loose power after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. ? I wonder, is it common in other Arab countries also to drink alcohol against their religion ?
Probably as common as birth control in Catholic countries. I do know from first hand experience Iranian weightlifters can throw it down pretty well
You mean there's Sharia law in Libya still, and still people can't have a drink? I thought all the airstrikes and nation building in Libya were supposed to free the people and deliver them freedom? Oops... Don't worry though.. Next time NATO decide to do a bit of nation building and democracy spreading, they'll get it right. Sixth time's a charm!
Alcohol could prove the perfect tonic for all the unrest. Better to solve your problems in the pub over a few pints than out on the streets with an AK-47.
The simple fact is that prohibition results in death when the unregulated substance can cause death. We have virtually the same problem in the US related to heroin where it's production is unregulated on the black market and that results in over-doses when the purity is greater than the user is anticipating. We had the identical problem during prohibition of alcohol in the United States where "bath tub gin" often resulted in death. When are governments going to learn that prohibition leads to death?
Well you know what at the end of their competition in the 2000 games, a mini bus load of Iranian weightlifters stopped at our watering hole on the way back to their village. We liked them, they liked us and although language was a bit of a problem, we all agreed political people are idiots, and how your sports team went on the weekend was all that really mattered.
Alcohol sometimes makes people beligerant so I'd suggest having them smoke pot instead. Pot makes people mellow.
