Wynn executive's death ruled accidental

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The Clark County Coroner's office has confirmed that the Wynn Las Vegas executive found dead in the Turnberry Towers died after falling and hitting her head after drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and rubbing alcohol.

Well, I guess drinking rubbing alcohol sounds pretty normal, eh? I thought it was mostly derelicts that resort to doing that? What's executive pay these days, minimum wage?


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Quote: rxwine

Well, I guess drinking rubbing alcohol sounds pretty normal, eh? I thought it was mostly derelicts that resort to doing that? What's executive pay these days, minimum wage?


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Well when you run out of the rest of alcohol.

Odd Stevie W seems to be a nurturing type.

It could be she tried to get a free drink at one of Wynn's bars while playing the $10 machine and got pissed when she was served a Bud Light along with a bill for $8.75. Who WOULDN'T guzzle an 89cent bottle of rubbing alcohol after that?

Isopropyl isn't the same type of alcohol that is in alcoholic beverages---ethanol--- although sometimes ethanol is an ingredient in rubbing alcohol. Isopropyl is very intoxicating.

Isopropyl is called a toxic alcohol. Isopropyl is twice as toxic as the alcohol in alcoholic beverages. It also has a greater effect on the central nervous system. Isopropyl irritates the GI tract. The lethal dose of isopropyl in humans is estimated as 8.5 oz.

Isopropyl alcohol is usually responsible for only about 15 deaths per year in the US. It seems impossible that an educated executive could drink rubbing alcohol unless she intended to commit a painful suicide.

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Isopropyl isn't the same type of alcohol that is in alcoholic beverages---ethanol--- although sometimes ethanol is an ingredient in rubbing alcohol. Isopropyl is very intoxicating.

Isopropyl is called a toxic alcohol. Isopropyl is twice as toxic as the alcohol in alcoholic beverages. It also has a greater effect on the central nervous system. Isopropyl irritates the GI tract. The lethal dose of isopropyl in humans is estimated as 8.5 oz.

Isopropyl alcohol is usually responsible for only about 15 deaths per year in the US. It seems impossible that an educated executive could drink rubbing alcohol unless she intended to commit a painful suicide.

Kitty Dukakis (SP?) admitted to drinking RA when she had nothing else. Never underestimate what a alcoholic/junkie will do.
She would have done better w drinking Sterno. Use a lil bread to soak up the naphtha. That's my "Life Under The Overpass With Martha Stewart Tip" for today.

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Isopropyl is very intoxicating.

Actually I have heard that Isopropyl has the odd distinction of being more toxic, but less intoxicating. Can't find a source for that now.

I agree this lady was probably enjoined to quit drinking and stooped to this. She clearly was not of the caliber of Charlie Sheen, who brushed off his substance abuse in one nanosecond of mind power.

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Actually I have heard that Isopropyl has the odd distinction of being more toxic, but less intoxicating. Can't find a source for that now.

I agree this lady was probably enjoined to quit drinking and stooped to this. She clearly was not of the caliber of Charlie Sheen, who brushed off his substance abuse in one nanosecond of mind power.

Methanol is less intoxicating than ethanol. Sometimes patients may have toxic levels with no evidence of intoxication! But Isopropyl is about 50% more intoxicating.

While most RA brands contain isopropyl, some rubbing alcohols are different. Some contain methanol to denature the ethanol which could be the source your info.