Georgia parents give 2-year-old son brandy and Coke; tot's blood alcohol content 3 times legal limit

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[QUOTE]An Atlanta couple nearly killed their baby boy when they gave him a cup full of Coke and 40 proof brandy, police said.Jasmin Briana Moore and William Chester Hickson were arrested for child cruelty this week after their 2-year-old son stopped breathing last weekend, [URL="http://www.ajc.com/news/news/cops-toddlers-alcohol-level-29-after-being-given-m/nhgTS/"]the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.[/URL]
They rushed the drunken tot to a nearby hospital, where doctors discovered the boy's blood alcohol content was 0.29 — more than three times the legal limit for adult drivers in Georgia, police said.
According to their arrest warrants, Moore and Hickson made the toddler a cocktail out of Coca-Cola and 40 proof Paul Masson Brandy on Oct. 4. He drank until he became unresponsive, police said.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ga-parents-give-2-year-old-son-brandy-coke-cops-article-1.1971112[/url]

why

[ironman17]

That's not just child cruelty, that's straight up stupidity. Underage drinking can go wrong at the best of times, but that kind of potent spirit should be nowhere near a freakin' toddler.

[Sinalg]

A lethal dose of alcohol (Ethanol) is 3g/kg for children
The avg weight of a 2 year old boy is 12.3 kg
Paul Masson Brandy is 40% alcohol by volume
A cup contains ~236 milliliters
the density of Ethanol is 0.789 g/cm3 (at 25°C)
A full cup contains 74.4g of ethanol
taking into account that it was mixed with coke, (~10%)
which means that there were about 7.44g of ethanol in that cup
what would be the metabolic tolerance of ethanol of a 2 year old boy?

[NeverGoWest]

What kind of parent would give their baby alcohol? I mean my grandma gave me wine on my pacifier to help me sleep, but 40% alcohol? Are they insane?

[Ybbat]

This isn't reckless endangerment, this is a straight up attempted murder. They basically poisoned him.

[PatrickT]

Every time I read thread titles like this I'm like: "Oh wait, there is a state in the US that is named exactly like it"

Make up something unique ffs

[Slendermang]

[QUOTE=PatrickT;46268132]Every time I read thread titles like this I'm like: "Oh wait, there is a state in the US that is named exactly like it"

Make up something unique ffs[/QUOTE]

Georgia has existed as a unified group of people/nation since the High Middle Ages.

[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia[/URL]

[TheNickle]

Shit parents.

[MatheusMCardoso]

Oh... I thought it was cocaine at first.

[Ganerumo]

At this point I'm actually wondering if they weren't actively trying to kill the baby.