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Powdered Alcohol Now Approved

posted by n1 on Saturday April 19 2014, @11:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the its-the-weekend dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Lehrman Beverage Law and SB Nation have articles on a new powdered alcohol product.

First and for a long time, it was just liquid. Then it was whipped, solidified and almost vaporized. And now alcohol is powderized.

I am not astonished that this is a real product — but I am absolutely astonished that this is approved. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approved seven versions of this powdered alcohol within the past few days. The person that pushed this through must be very patient or lucky and/or good. The product seems highly likely to raise a large number of legal issues and controversies.

The website for the product appears to have been taken down due to the media response surrounding their marketing.

We were caught off guard with the release of some of our labels by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. As a result, people visited this website that we thought was under the radar because we had not made a formal announcement of Palcohol.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by randmcnatt on Saturday April 19 2014, @11:52PM

    by randmcnatt (671) on Saturday April 19 2014, @11:52PM (#33477)
    The original website [googleusercontent.com] for Palcohol (Google cache), now sanitized [palcohol.com] is hilarious. Get it before it disappears.
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  • (Score: 2) by tynin on Sunday April 20 2014, @04:05AM

    by tynin (2013) on Sunday April 20 2014, @04:05AM (#33526) Journal

    They do suggest that it has a filler in it now. Not exactly the fun day at the office you were looking for.

  • (Score: 2) by bucc5062 on Sunday April 20 2014, @01:11PM

    by bucc5062 (699) on Sunday April 20 2014, @01:11PM (#33592)

    "Because when you’re in jail, you can’t drink."

    Unless the guards sneak you in some packets for a "favor". If drugs can get in, I don't doubt palahol can as well. Use it responsibility :-)

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    • (Score: 2) by tathra on Sunday April 20 2014, @08:13PM

      by tathra (3367) on Sunday April 20 2014, @08:13PM (#33706)

      its typically trustees that smuggle drugs into jails. guards do a good part of the smuggling for prisons, but there's also some damn crafty ways to send powders in the mail. this is definitely going to get smuggled in though, probably even more than weed, "spice", and pills since it'll be easier to get and harder to detect.

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday April 20 2014, @02:48PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Sunday April 20 2014, @02:48PM (#33602) Homepage
    The original basically says
    1) (Cause a licensee to) break the law!
    2) (Cause a licensee to) Break the law!
    3) (Cause a licensee to) Break the law! ...
    N) But please don't do anything illegal.

    I'm still curious about the chemistry of the substance. It's many decades since I did organic chemistry, but AFAIR you can't dehydrate alcohol /per se/.
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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 20 2014, @05:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 20 2014, @05:19PM (#33653)

    Vodka on eggs in the morning to start your day off right. Experiment. Palcohol is great on so many foods. Remember, you have to add Palcohol AFTER a dish is cooked as the alcohol will burn off if you cook with it...and that defeats the whole purpose.

    Let's talk about the elephant in the room.... snorting Palcohol. Yes, you can snort it. And you'll get drunk almost instantly because the alcohol will be absorbed so quickly in your nose.

    Insane. An active effort to induce alcoholism and binge drinking. The people pushing this should be in jail next to meth cooks and hard drug peddlers.

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday April 21 2014, @09:14AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday April 21 2014, @09:14AM (#33888) Homepage
    You don't have a copy, do you - the cache has already disappeared :-(
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