Oregon man survives 12 nails to the head

[Roon]

PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon man who went to a hospital complaining of a headache was found to have 12 nails embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt with a nail gun, doctors say.

Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report on the medical oddity in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.

The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails — up to 2 inches in length — into his head one by one.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12425803/

[Erika]

1. I heard he was the campaign manager of the local GOP

Well, maybe?

[uppityperson]

2. "poor judgment and insight." indeed

another link from earlier today.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002945554_webnail21.html

[MrsSuperbad]

3. Meth is bad news.

My brother shot himself while on meth, he didn't seem to think it was a very big deal either.

[niallmac]

4. Meth is such a bummer of a drug and yet our government

seems fixated on marijuana. Reefer Madness must resonate with them or something.

[PassingFair]

5. DIMSDALE!

Suicide, huh?
Anyone seen my hedgehog?

[cssmall]

6. While this may be an oddity, the stories I have heard from police officers

about people arrested for public intoxication due to meth and having to pick them up from hospitals is horrid. Yet, this is nothing to joke about and meth is increasing in use around the nation. One day, those of us that have done pot will look back and say, damn, remember when it used to just be a joint?

[CornField]

7. Obviously, it was not his time to go

Wow.

[slackmaster]

8. I guess meth and power tools don't mix

:crazy:

[DesEtoiles]

9. Portland, like other cities, has a serious meth problem

[Spirochete]

10. Some people are tough as nails

this guy's apparently even tougher than nails.