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Colorado considers pre-emptive ban on powdered alcohol [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Colorado considers pre-emptive ban on powdered alcohol
Associated Press
theguardian.com, Tuesday 16 December 2014 14.21 GMT
Powdered alcohol hasn’t even arrived in stores yet, but states are already moving to ban the product touted by its inventor as an easy way to mix a drink on the go.
Colorado is the latest state considering prohibiting “Palcohol” amid concern that it will increase underage drinking. The product is marketed as an ounce of rum or vodka in powdered form, which is then added to water.
Each serving is the equivalent of a shot of liquor, according to Lipsmark, the company that owns Palcohol.
“I think being proactive and jumping out in front of the problem is probably the right thing to do,” said Chris Johnson, executive director of the County Sheriffs of Colorado. “It really doesn’t have any place in our society, powdered alcohol. We have enough problems with the liquid kind.”
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Associated Press
theguardian.com, Tuesday 16 December 2014 14.21 GMT
Powdered alcohol hasn’t even arrived in stores yet, but states are already moving to ban the product touted by its inventor as an easy way to mix a drink on the go.
Colorado is the latest state considering prohibiting “Palcohol” amid concern that it will increase underage drinking. The product is marketed as an ounce of rum or vodka in powdered form, which is then added to water.
Each serving is the equivalent of a shot of liquor, according to Lipsmark, the company that owns Palcohol.
“I think being proactive and jumping out in front of the problem is probably the right thing to do,” said Chris Johnson, executive director of the County Sheriffs of Colorado. “It really doesn’t have any place in our society, powdered alcohol. We have enough problems with the liquid kind.”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/16/colorado-considers-ban-powdered-alcohol
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