Thanksgiving Weekend Can Be Very Deadly

By now, you've probably had your fill of "Black Friday." The day retailers typically make it into the black has really become more of a figurative, rather than literal, day. Depending on the store or the online site, Black Friday is more a theme for the month of November, rather than a single 24-hour period. All the marketing hype does succeed in doing one thing though: obscuring the fact that Thanksgiving is the deadliest holiday of the year. You read that right. More people die in drunk driving accidents on Thanksgiving than they do on Memorial Day, Fourth of July or even New Year's Eve. In fact, Thanksgiving is actually book ended by two days with black in the title - Black Friday and Blackout Wednesday. If you haven't heard of Blackout Wednesday, you're not alone. Until a few years ago, many people assumed their greatest chance of getting hurt from a drunk driver was New Year's Eve. As it turns out, they couldn't be more wrong. The combination of a four-day weekend, relaxed drinking behavior from college students home on break and the false sense of calm on the road, causes many people to push their luck - and their blood alcohol level - too far. It's a sobering reality that while Black Friday may be the day most people think of during Thanksgiving dinner, Blackout Wednesday is the one they should be more concerned about. For bars and restaurants, it can be a heavier day of alcohol consumption than St. Patrick's Day or New Year's Eve. The day has become so serious tha...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news