The monsoon ditch wore a familiar face ...
The casualty rate was right up there, wasn't it?
The thing is, without alcohol then we would probably see more being shipped out pumped full of Thorazine than we lose to alcohol-related, physical injuries. I am sure that the managers ran the numbers long ago and figured out that supplying the barflies with booze and nightfighters is still the way to go.
Someone really should write a book about this. Stacy, probably. He could start with "Thermy."