Downtown Saturday Night

Posted in Stories, 2010-04-08

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When people drink too much they’re more likely to have accidents and get injured . . . Who picks up the pieces? WPSU’s Cynthia Berger spent a Saturday night downtown with a Penn State student who’s also a paramedic.

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Under “Alcohol Exclusion Laws,” some health insurers can refuse to pay for treatment at an ER when alcohol is involved

Student visits to the local ER for alcohol poisoning hit an all-time high in 2008

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Herbert Reininger
University park
Apr 08, 2010

Thank you Cynthia!

This story is truly amazing! It makes me sad to hear how students waste their precious life energy for such questionable “distractions”.

And distractions from what exactly?

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