California teens hospitalised after drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk

[Jazzy]

Six California teenagers have been hospitalised with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer, sparking concerns that this dangerous method of getting drunk will become an alarming trend.



Bottles of sanitizer contain 62 per cent ethyl alcohol, are inexpensive and accessible, and distillation instructions are readily-available on the internet.



Teens have been using salt to remove the alcohol, creating a potent drink that has a similar effect to drinking a hard shot of liquor.

Dangerous: Bottles of hand sanitizer contain 62 per cent ethyl alcohol and are inexpensive and accessible.



‘They’re looking at recipes online for how to remove the alcohol, and so they’re probably getting pretty close to what is called grain alcohol strengths of alcohol,' Dr. Billy Mallon, who works at the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, told KTLA.



'You’re talking 100 per cent alcohol is what they’re going to be left with.’



A few shots of the dangerous creation can cause a person's speech to slur and stomach to burn, diarrhea, memory loss and even irreversible organ damage.



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At least their insides will be nice and clean when they die. *sighs in disgust*

 

[Evil Eye]

Why would anyone do that?

I can't imagine it would taste very good...

 

[Sinon]

Darwinism.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

When you're in withdrawal you take alcohol wherever you can get it. I've seen people drink Listerine if they are desperately dry.

 

[Katatonia]

Life's too short to even try to make it end abruptly.