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Powdered Alcohol Is Now Legal — But Is It Safe?

| March 17, 2015 Comment

Powdered Alcohol Is Now Legal — But Is It Safe? A powdered form of alcohol called Palcohol is now approved for sale in the United States, but how safe is this product?

Some health experts say they are concerned that powered alcohol could be abused by minors, or could be more easily more easily hidden and consumed in places where people are not allowed to have alcohol.

But others argue that there is no reason the drug would be more hazardous than liquid alcohol. On Tuesday, the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved Palcohol, a powdered alcohol that people can drink by mixing the product with water, according to the company.

A number of states are taking steps to ban the product, including Colorado, New York and Rhode Island. It is already banned in South Carolina, Louisiana and Vermont. Senator Chuck Schumer has been vocal about his concern for the product’s misuse, especially among young people and has already moved for legislation to ban the stuff before it starts showing up in stores this summer.

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