Obesity as Diasability: Canadian Doctors and Airlines struggle

Two airlines (Westjet & Air Canada) have instituted policy to clarify the service that the Canadian Supreme Court says they must offer. The legal decision from last November is that an obese person, because they are disabled, should be given two seats for the price of one. On January 8 the Canadian Transportation Agency ordered the airlines to make extra seating freely available to disabled and obese travellers who require it. The original thinking of the disability law was that a disabled person's nurse/attendant should be permitted to accompany without paying the second fare.
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Obesity Epidemic Challenges Australian Emergency Transport

In Australia air ambulances that transport people from remote areas to big city hospitals are no longer big enough. One report says that 17.5% of the 21 million total population Down Under is grossly overweight. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is replacing its fleet of four with seven airplanes. Two of the new planes will be equipped with stretchers that can handle a 570 pound patient.
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Michael Phelps Smoked Weed at a Party using a Bong

http://www.2snaps.tv/9817950
http://pacmanjonesin.com/2009/02/01/michael-phelps-bong-picture-hes-just-cheeellin/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps

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