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Alcohol Poisoning

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Three Teens Treated for Alcohol Poisoning After Essex Fells Party

Mom says she broke up party after alcohol was discovered. Two boys were found inebriated in the snow.

Three teens, including one who was found unconscious in the snow, wound up in the hospital Saturday night after an Essex Fells party was broken up when a parent told police she discovered kids were drinking.  Essex Fells Police said a 14-year-old boy from Whippany was found passed out in the snow and a 15-year-old boy from Maplewood was semi-conscious outside on a night where temperatures dipped below freezing. Both boys were taken to the hospital and treated for alcohol poisoning and hypothermia, according to police. Later that night, a 15-year-old girl from Nutley, who had attended the party, was transported to the hospital for alcohol poisoning from a West Caldwell address, police said. Police responded to a disturbance at a house on …

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Drunk Teens Pass Out in Cold After Leaving Essex Fells Party and Grover Cleveland Park

Monday, February 11, 2013

Drunk Teens Pass Out in Cold After Leaving Essex Fells Party

Police say boys were hospitalized for treatment of alcohol poisoning, hypothermia. Vodka was snuck into party attended by more than 100 teens with parent home.

Two teenage boys were hospitalized Saturday night after they drank too much at a party in Essex Fells and apparently passed out in the cold, police officials said. The boys, a 15-year-old from Maplewood and a 14-year-old from Whippany, were treated for alcohol poisoning and hypothermia, Essex Fells Chief Vincent Kulik said Monday. Someone snuck bottles of vodka through the basement of a house where more than a 100 teens had congregated while the mother was at home, Kulik said. “When she realized that they had booze there, she started throwing them out,” he said. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call at about 8:41 p.m. and discovered the boys passed out in the snow. They were transported to the hospital by the West Essex First Aid Squad. The …

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Teresa Akersten

11:00 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Just posted a blog by a Caldwell College Professor of Nursing who talks about the myths concerning binge drinking. It includes valuable information for parents and teens. http://caldwells.patch.com/blog_posts/friends-dont-let-friends-get-drunk   more ›

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