Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Alcohol Without Liquid

I wasn't sure if this was a real thing, or if I had just dreamed it. A quick google confirms that yes, you can in fact inhale your alcohol. The alcohol vaporizers are sold by AWOL USA. For the low, low price of $299, you too can inhale any 80 proof liquor. Apparently it takes twenty minutes to inhale a half-shot quantity of liquor. The company claims the additional oxygen mixed with the liquor reduces the incidence of hangover.Apparently there are drawbacks, however.
And some say the technology fizzles. A New Jersey bar owner who bought one of the first machines sold in this country sent his back, saying it made it too hard to get drunk.
That hasn't stopped at least 17 states from banning the inhalers. (Including Florida. Sorry.)

Thursday, April 17, 2008