“This dangerous product is a public health disaster waiting
to happen. I am proud to sign this legislation that will keep powdered alcohol
off the shelves and out of the wrong hands.”
New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo commenting while signing legislation banning the sale of Palcohol,
a powdered alcohol product
Looks like Alcohol will be getting no love from at least
twenty (20) States in the USA.
This as the State of New York has joined in the ban of Palcohol, the powdered alcohol as reported
in the article “New
York Bans Sale Of Powdered Alcohol, Joins 20 Other States”, published
August 17 2015 By Guneet Bhatia, International
Business Times.
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The crystalline powdered alcohol product has not found
favour with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
This despite the stamp of approval given by the U.S. Alcohol
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on Palcohol
back in March 2015 as reported in my blog article entitled
“Palcohol
officially approved by TTB - Why Children will Abuse as US States and Countries
ban this @Palcoholic product”.
That list of states in the POWDERED
ALCOHOL 2015 LEGISLATION is as follows:
1.
Alabama
2.
Alaska
3.
Connecticut
4.
Georgia
5.
Indiana
6.
Kansas
7.
Louisiana
8.
Maine
9.
Nebraska
10. Nevada
11. North
Carolina
12. North
Dakota
13. Ohio
14. Oregon
15. South
Carolina
16. Tennessee
17. Utah
18. Vermont
19. Virginia
20. Washington
New York joins this list along with Maryland and Minnesota
who've had temporary bans in place since July 2015. So why does the US Local
Government hate Palcohol?
New York Bans Palcohol
- Why Powdered Alcohol will be abused by underage College Students
The reason may be that Palcohol
is easily available to persons under the legal age for drinking, which in the
US of A is 21. With so many colleges in the state and the start of School on
the horizon, the Governor is probably keen to prevent the product from falling
into the wrong hands, especially as it's not alcohol and thus can be sold
outside of a bar setting.
To quote New York Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz on Friday
August 14th 2015: “Powdered alcohol is a product with no legitimate
reason for being. Kids can stash Palcohol in their pocket when they leave the
house for a party, and their parents would never know the difference”.
Then there is the dangerous nature of this product as
explained in the article “Yes,
powdered alcohol is real. It’s already banned in New York and at least 20 other
states”, published August 15 2015 By Abby Phillip, The Washington Post.
Palcohol, which is
being marketed by Lipsmark, an Arizona-based company, is sold in a variety of
flavours:
1.
Cosmopolitan
2.
Powderita (a margarita flavor)
3.
Rum
4.
Vodka
If mixed in inappropriate concentrations, it can cause
severe intoxication. Worse, some persons have found ways of ingesting Palcohol via snorting, like cocaine.
Some College seniors have even found faster ways to get drunk
via pouring it down their asses, which is called butt-chugging.
Inventor of the Palcohol,
Mark Phillips, is now facing an uphill battle to have these various bans
reversed, claiming that the point of powdered alcohol is convenience and that
it's safer than bottled alcohol or beers, quote: “Palcohol is not some super concentrated
version of alcohol. It's simply one shot of alcohol in powdered form. When I
hike, kayak, backpack whatever. I like to have a drink when I reach my
destination. Carrying liquid alcohol and mixers in bottles to make a margarita,
for example, was totally impractical”.
So will he succeed? Or will Senator Joseph Griffo succeed in
having a ban placed on the product, possibly labeling it a drug like crack or
cocaine?
On paper it's a great idea, but it's just too easy to abuse
something that so portable that's already illegal for the under-21 crowd.
Here’s the link:
Palcohol Twitter
Feed: @Palcoholic
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