E-cigarettes - NEW Threat to Children

[rothenbj]

xg, I hadn't heard about the caffeine defense before so I ran a quick google and this link was the first that came up-

‘Caffeine Intoxication’ as Mental Disorder and Legal Defense – TIME Healthland

"On Monday, a lawyer for a 33 year-old Kentucky man who allegedly strangled his wife with an extension cord used "caffeine intoxication" as his client's defense. At first, a deposition claimed that caffeine, from a steady diet of energy drinks and diet pills, had rendered Woody Will Smith temporarily insane as he carried out the murder. But then in papers filed Monday night caffeine was blamed instead for compelling Smith to falsely confess to the murder."

 

[Petrodus]

On Monday, a lawyer for a 33 year-old Kentucky man who allegedly strangled his wife with an extension cord used "caffeine intoxication" as his client's defense.

Caffeine made me do it



"Caffeine addition defense was successful once before when a
Washington state man was cleared of charges of running down
2 people with his car" ... Probably in King County, WA

 

[Petrodus]

Here's another video
Fox News discussion (6 minutes)

 

[PlanetScribbles]

I'm sorry. It's time for a ...

 

[xg4bx]

xg, I hadn't heard about the caffeine defense before so I ran a quick google and this link was the first that came up-

‘Caffeine Intoxication’ as Mental Disorder and Legal Defense – TIME Healthland

"On Monday, a lawyer for a 33 year-old Kentucky man who allegedly strangled his wife with an extension cord used "caffeine intoxication" as his client's defense. At first, a deposition claimed that caffeine, from a steady diet of energy drinks and diet pills, had rendered Woody Will Smith temporarily insane as he carried out the murder. But then in papers filed Monday night caffeine was blamed instead for compelling Smith to falsely confess to the murder."

"◦Caffeine may contribute to agitation, irritability, and, possibly, interfere with antipsychotic medications. On the other hand, caffeine can markedly elevate blood levels of antipsychotic medications, increasing the probability of adverse effects. The possible mechanism explaining this finding is that caffeine and antipsychotic medications both compete for metabolism at the hepatic P-450 isoenzyme system. Patients with bipolar disorder are at risk for an exacerbation of manic symptoms when they consume large amounts of caffeine. This is due both to its direct psychostimulant properties and secondary to increase renal excretion of lithium.6 "

Caffeine-Related Psychiatric Disorders: eMedicine Psychiatry

it seems entirely possible that caffeine could have played a part.

i didn't want to derail the thread but all the public focus on nicotine ignores a seemingly more dangerous drug that almost everyone, including children, ingest on a daily basis. but going after coffee and soda manufacturers would require some actual work and heavy lifting on the part of public health officials, its much easier to go after a few ex-smokers.

 

[PlanetScribbles]

It is one step away from 'the demons made me do it', and makes a mockery of a murder victim to even entertain that defence IMO

 

[Placebo Effect]

Not surprisingly, the doctor has not responded to my e-mail.

 

[johnny bobcat]

What ever happened to personal responsibility? How can the tobacco companies be to blame for children smoking when they aren't allowed to advertise to them, the only people to blame are those who buy the cigarettes for minors. Stores don't sell to minors, that's just plain fact, I Know because I tried it enough times when I myself was underage to know, they have to have an intermediary, and it is those people who are truly to blame.

 

[FreakyStylie]

I'm really starting to believe that 2012 will be the end of the world. I cannot form a coherent retort to this insanity.