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We live in strange times. People are getting drunk without drinking, cheap jewelry is saving lives, the rise of the robots, the secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids finally uncovered, and more ...

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J.C. Bruce
Jun 07, 2024
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Not Drinking, but Stinking Drunk

For two years, a 50-year-old Canadian woman, desperate for help, trekked to emergency rooms because she felt drunk even though she hadn’t touched a drop.

And during all those visits, ER doctors sent her away with a diagnosis of intoxication.

Turns out, they weren’t wrong. She was drunk. But not because she was imbibing.

On h…

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