What On Earth Makes These People Do This?

[youngmafbog]

And it's not just the Brits by the look of it

http://news.sky.com/story/1136089/man-dies-after-hotel-balcony-fall-in-majorca

[AB Editor]

Adrenaline addiction?

[youngmafbog]

Perhaps, but surely there are more sociable and exciting ways of getting this?

[woofgang]

alcohol and or drugs

[Octavius]

Alot of us get it naturally through stress and anxiety, which is less exciting and not particularly social....

[ChillDoubt]

Natural selection.

[daffy654]

Mainly excess alcohol consumption, occasionally ingestion of legal or illegal drugs.

[ummmm]

Alcohol mainly...

[sp1814]

Drink and/or drugs.

Plus testosterone.

You never ever hear about young women dying in this way.

Always lads in their late teens or 20s...when testosterone production is at it's highest.

[keyplus90]

Alcohol.

[bookbinder]

sp1814's reply reminded me of a survey that was mentioned on the radio a few days ago. Some expert had discovered that the part of the human brain that assesses risk is not fully developed in males until about the 25th year. In females, that part of the brain is fully developed earlier.

[andy-hughes]

Alcohol combined with a feeling of invincibility gifted to the young, and exacerbated by alcohol.

[emmie]

alcohol fuelled usually.