Russian men drinking cologne

Russian men are consuming beer, wine, cologne and cleaning agents for cheap highs. This study looked at 1,700 men who died in Russia and compared them to the same number of alive control studies. The link below is to Bloomberg.com

Researchers studied 1,750 men who died between 2003 and 2005 as well as the same number of control cases who were still alive, according to the study, published today in the medical journal The Lancet.

Russian men are more likely to drink products such as cologne or cleaning agents not meant for consumption because they are as much as six times cheaper than alcohol meant to be drunk, the scientists, led by David Leon of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health.