Uh, folks. Drinking didn't kill him ... aspirating his vomitus did. Even if the drunk relatives positioned him properly, he could have rolled on his back.
Nothing in the article says anything about his alcohol level. It would be interesting to know his actual level of impairment.
Also, the responsible party (in the way that U.S. law reasons such things) would be whoever served him alcohol, not the friends or relatives who took it upon themselves to chant "chug, chug, chug."
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