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Dihydrogen Monoxide Kills Again

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2008 12:12 PM

A fatality involving an unusual kind of drinking problem vividly illustrates the frequently ignored maxim that the dose makes the poison.

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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