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Electric Monk

(13,869 posts) Mon Apr 21, 2014, 06:06 PM Apr 2014

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US Govt approves new 'powdered alcohol' sales. What could possibly go wrong?

LBN thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014785159

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/palcohol-us-government-reveals-it-has-approved-powdered-alcohol-9273019.html

http://www.heavy.com/news/2014/04/palcohol-powdered-alcohol/

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US Govt approves new 'powdered alcohol' sales. What could possibly go wrong? (Original Post) Electric Monk Apr 2014 OP

yup. watching it on NBC news now n/t NMDemDist2 Apr 2014 #1

Powdered liquid?? Old Codger Apr 2014 #2

Posted in the LBN thread, it's more like micro-encapsulated alcohol molecules Electric Monk Apr 2014 #3

What could POSSIBLY go wrong? n/t TygrBright Apr 2014 #4

You Bet Old Codger Apr 2014 #5

Hey, they said you should use it responsibly. Iggo Apr 2014 #6

NMDemDist2

(49,314 posts)

1. yup. watching it on NBC news now n/t

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 06:45 PM

Apr 2014

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)

2. Powdered liquid??

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:08 PM

Apr 2014

Only alcohol I have ever seen or heard of is a liquid and evaporates at about 86 degrees.. How th ehel could anyone powder that??and why woud anyone want to

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)

3. Posted in the LBN thread, it's more like micro-encapsulated alcohol molecules

Reply to Old Codger (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:29 PM

Apr 2014

so it then acts like a powder, until the capsules dissolve in something else.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_encapsulation

TygrBright

(20,987 posts)

4. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? n/t

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 08:05 PM

Apr 2014

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)

5. You Bet

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 11:54 PM

Apr 2014

we don't already have enough ways to get loaded/high/drunk/or whatever that they need more sneakier ways to do it, this country is circling the drain and no one notices because they are already dizzy from drugs of on sort or another...

Iggo

(48,233 posts)

6. Hey, they said you should use it responsibly.

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 11:02 AM

Apr 2014

So that's what people will do.

Those admonitions always work.

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