Nothing to Snort at: Powdered Alcohol Just Got Approved by the FDA
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It sounds so friendly, doesn’t it? “Pal-cohol.”
There are obviously some concerns, with many states moving to ban it preemptively. The product’s official website attempts to allay most of them, by pointing out that it would seriously burn if you tried to snort it, and that slamming a shot is quicker and gives a better buzz anyway.
I don’t think that’s why people are concerned, though…
I think it’s because the inventor of the thing uses this as his official PR picture:
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I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I want to put anything in my body that this guy is handing out.
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist