Sen. Charles Schumer Asks FDA To Block Powdered Alcohol

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ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is asking the Food and Drug Administration to prevent a powdered alcohol from reaching store shelves this fall, saying that it would become “the Kook-Aid of teen binge drinking.”

The New York Democrat in a letter says the product Palcohol can be mixed with water, sprinkled on food or even snorted and easily concealed.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/04/sen-charles-schumer-asks-fda-to-block-powdered-alcohol/

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1. I support that ban.

Just because it is possible to create something, it doesn't mean it's a good thing.

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2. I think it needs more testing.

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3. I suppose I just don't see the point in

marketing powdered alcohol. Cheaper shipping doesn't really seem like much of an argument and I doubt that airlines really carry so much booze that powdered would help offset fuel costs (since you still need the liquid to reconstitute it, the combined weight doesn't change much). The idea of adding it to livestock feed brings to mind the Gilded Age, when cows were fed the mash left over from alcohol manufacture to such a degree that babies were getting drunk and sick from drinking the milk . . .




I suppose there might be some use for field medicine - but that doesn't mean it needs to be marketed to the public.

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4. I think you make good points.

The taste also would be compromised.

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5. Or maybe I've just officially become an

old fuddyduddy!

[hrmjustin]

6. Nah!

The whole thing seems odd to me too.

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7. NYS Sen. Brad Hoylman seeks to ban powdered alcohol in New York

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/nys-sen-brad-hoylman-seeks-ban-powdered-alcohol-new-york-blog-entry-1.1781180