Thursday, April 19, 2007

sister morphine and wild horses-più diazepam per tutti

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards once extolled the virtues of wild horses in their classic 1971 single lamenting the heartbreak of separation. Scroll forward four decades and uppity equines are proving an altogether more problematic proposition for the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world, prompting what must be one of the most unusual drug rows of their long and illustrious career.
Fears for 300 horses stabled only a few yards from the racecourse where the Stones will perform their first-ever concert in Serbia has prompted a row with welfare groups after their keeper, Jovanka Prelic, suggested administering shots of diazepam to calm them during the show. About 100,000 people are expected at Belgrade's hippodrome for the Balkan leg of the Bigger Bang Tour in July.
"Horses differ, the same as people. Some are more nervous, more skittish," Mr Prelic said. "If they get too nervous or start to panic during the concert, they'll get sedatives." According to local reports, the sedative would be diazepam. The drug was commonly taken during the 78 days of Nato air strikes in 1999, when much of Belgrade's adult population was on tranquillisers. But it is proving less popular for the city's racehorses in times of peace.

tornino a suonare o ci bombardino. accetto entrambe le soluzioni.

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