You see, somebody has actually managed to produce alcohol in a powdered form. At least, he CLAIMS he can.
http://news.discovery.com/human/vodka-in-a-pill.html
Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has evolved a technique that allows turning alcohol into powder and packing it in pills. The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whiskey, cognac, wine and beer.
Apparently, the good Russian believes this can help drinkers by letting them accurately control the dosages consumed. I doubt it would work out that way, but this got me thinking about other ways that this stuff might ACTUALLY be used.
Most powders can be absorbed through the nasal passages, so I'd look for people to snort the stuff like some do with cocaine.
And speaking of cocaine, would drug-makers cut their cocaine with alcohol powder? For that extra ZING, you know...
And forget date-rape drugs, this stuff opens up a WORLD of possibilities. I wonder if the powder has a detectable flavor when mixed with food? If not, then just get her (or him) crocked on a lasagna or chicken with gravy dish that has been sprinkled liberally with the powder.
Clubs could dump the stuff into their AC system, supplying that "continual high" in the air.
There are MANY other ways this powder could be used, and few of them are good. And the one "beneficial" use the discoverer announced is dubious at best. Human beings don't really work that way.
Powdered alcohol has been around for a while, check out subyou or pulverspirits on the web. Cheerful thought, what happens among the trial lawyer community, when a club sprays etoh powder, and a patron later has a fatal MVA? More worrisome to me is the uptick in heroin use.
ReplyDeleteIn either case, a bit of consumer education on dosing, etc is needed as well as parents having frank discussions with their children about life and TANSTAAFL, which may head off these problems.
Prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in liquid form was tried and failed. The “War on Drugs” has been going on for years and it’s failing. The state of Alabama is in the alcohol business where it shouldn’t be…..that should be left up to private enterprises. If this powdered alcohol becomes available it will be interesting to see how government deals with it.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that government just can’t get things right in the drug area for whatever reasons.
Hopefully, the Alabama legislature will find the wisdom to pass the Michael Phillips Compassionate Care Act and make medical marijuana legal in Alabama for those patients who need it because it works better for them than anything else. A copy of the bill, as currently constructed, can be read @ http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2010rs/bills/hb642.htm. This bill will be introduced again in the 2011 legislative session.