Jailhouse wine is not as delicious as it sounds, could be deadly

(American College of Emergency Physicians) In a case series seemingly tailor-made for cinematic tragedy or farce, emergency physicians report severe botulism poisoning from a batch of potato-based "wine" (also known as pruno) cooked up in a Utah prison. The study was published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine: "Emergency Department Identification and Critical Care Management of a Utah Prison Botulism Outbreak."
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news