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"Palcohol" powdered alcohol wins federal approval
A controversial powdered alcohol product called Palcohol, intended to be mixed into drinks, has gained approval from a federal agency. Palcohol first made news last spring when it briefly received the green-light from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, before the bureau backtracked and said the label approvals had been given in error.
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First thing people will do is snort it.
The powder isn't very highly concentrated, it's about 4 ounces for one drink. And it would burn going up your nose - it's alcohol, remember?
..and then realize that it's so much easier to just drink it in liquid form. I don't think that will be a big problem.
Something to note - this weighs the same as the equivalent amount of liquid alcohol because it is literally liquid alcohol suspended in the powder. So the main draw is that it doesn't need a rigid container like a liquid would and that it's a premixed cocktail. I personally don't think it will find any success as there's no reason to use it around the house, and it's not a huge advantage for hikers and outdoorsy people - single-shot size plastic bottles of vodka are pretty cheap and durable, and you could just mix some with water + powdered lemonade to get a similar tasting drink to the lemon drop one.
You're right, although I see this a huge hit amongst the "sneak" my booze into an event market however.
As I see it now, it's just a packet of the powder, not a drinking vessel. People would still need to find a cup and stir it. I personally think a flexible flask would be easier.
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Filling that will hard alcohol would yield 5 drinks and take up less space than 5 packets of palcohol.
What I meant to say is that people can sneak this into an even in just about anything, you can always buy a drink and mix it in after.
This will be huge in prison.