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Have you tested the effects of Tasers on people with cardiac abnormalities or other health issues, which may magnify the effects of being hit by a Taser?

Edit: for example, methadone can cause QT prolongation, making someone on it much more vulnerable to fatal arrythmias. Structural issues or heart failure can also make people more susceptible.

Thanks for this! The report from Ireland was from 2006 and recommended more study on the effects of Taser currents on the issues below, and also noted a lack of peer-reviewed studies. Are you aware if there are studies underway?

The requirement for experimental work and/or modelling to clarify both the risks from use of Tasers (in particular the high-power Tasers), and the optimisation of effectiveness balanced with safety is an issue for DOMILL and Ministers. The key areas requiring clarification are:

Accurate, quantitative estimates of the magnitude of the magnetic and electric field strengths in the body; this would require enhancement of the expedient model developed by Dstl;

Cardiac effects from Taser waveforms, and in particular hyper-susceptibility to Taser currents arising from drugs, acidosis and pre-existing disease; there are in vitro tissue models available at Dstl and elsewhere that could be used to address these issues;

The vulnerability of pacemakers and other implanted devices requires a more thorough review; experimental studies to assess electromagnetic incompatibility issues are currently not warranted and should await the outcome of the review.

Ikea is the first phase of basic training. If you can navigate the store, fit your purchases in an undersized car, then build the furniture without losing your cool, you move on to the next level.

Short sellers who create coordinated negative campaigns about companies make it really difficult for consumers to figure out which companies are doing well or creating great products, and which ones actually deserve to fold b/c of problems w/in the company or faulty product.

I wonder where Sears and Toys R Us would be now if private equity and hedge funds had poured investment money into modernizing and upgrading, rather than into stripping them for parts then forcing them to fail.