…but there it was, and damn, it’s the holiday season and damn again, another young person dead.  Please, please, please learn about alcohol poisoning, teach your friends, your family, your kids, and don’t let anyone else be added to the statistics.  Look at what has been lost when 20-year old Jenna Foellmi died of alcohol poisoning:

“…Her personality was awesome…”
“…She graduated with honors…”
“…made the dean’s list as a freshman…”
“…outgoing personality…”
“…loved her family…”
“…She belonged to SADD…”

And the final description:

“…found dead in an off-campus apartment last week died of acute alcohol poisoning after more than 12 hours of drinking…”

[her blood alcohol content] was a “level not compatible with life.”

From a teacher at Foellmi’s high school, this observation:

 ”You know, we teach about drinking and driving, but we really
don’t teach about drinking and dying.”

I send my condolences to her family alongside Liz, and hope that teacher will take that observation about drinking and dying and make it a mission to teach it. 

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