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Alcohol-poisoning awareness: On a quest to spare other families their pain


The Tribune by Nick Wilson
The parents of a Cal Poly freshman who died three years ago from alcohol poisoning haven’t allowed their son’s loss to wear them down. Despite their lingering pain, Scott and Julia Starkey are as active as ever in their work to prevent another incident like the one that led to the death of 18-year-old Carson Starkey in 2008. Starkey died with a blood-alcohol level of about 0.4 percent, five times the legal driving limit, after a fraternity hazing event involving large amounts of hard alcohol. Starkey was pledging the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

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