Synthetic alcohol – would you drink it?

Correct i don’t much about brewing. All am looking for is a form of alcohol that doesn’t cause liver damage and one that available in the bar. The synthetic stuff by Nutt sounds ideal.

If you drink in amounts that are not unhealthy, your liver isn't in any danger. In which case you probably have a problem already.

you'd be surprised how sometimes normal drinking can make you unhealthy especially if you've done for a while. Not a problem when your 25 but as you get older it can.
Switching to the synethic will help such people and future generations. So Nutt's forumla could be considered progress.

I'm skeptical of his sanity; given his near constant comments over the years about legalising cannabis and ecstasy.

Google David Nutt for more information

David Nutt has a better understanding of drugs than all of the governments we've had in the past decade or two. His name is pretty much enough to sell me on this.

Correct I agree with you.

This new alcohol will be a safer way to get drunk.
It is also possible to have an antidote which sobers you up straight away (that would also be a drink form so it’s your final drink of the night if you want to sober up) . Even if you don’t you can only get a maximum dosage after which your next drink merely maintains your current level of drunkenness.

All the fun without the downsides is scientific progress.

Legalising those two is an eminently sensible policy.
In fact, having all drugs legal but tightly controlled is the way forward.
It might not reduce consumption but it would ensure quality take it out of the hands of violent criminals. The income to the state would be massive - some of which could go towards education, treatment and rehabilitation (the Medellin cartel alone had an income of up to $20 billion a year at its height).

Prohibition does not work. It is counter-productive. Anyone with functioning critical faculties knows that.

What is it though? I like to know what i'm taking.

The patent is guarded secret until it’s released. You will know what you’re taking when it’s on general sale because it will be out of the bag by then and on the side of every bottle. Also will have been announced in the press long before that.

Basic answer is that it will be a derivative of other drugs and the molecule will occupy the synapse in a similar way that regular alcohol does. Alcohol affects the synapse and prevents it from firing correctly thus slowing down the brain and affecting it. Short answer is “inebriates” the user.

Nutt has tried hundreds of compounds to try and mimic the effects of regular alcohol as close as possible. I’m guessing he found the sweet spot of something that is both safe and close in effect to the real alcohol.

I know he spent a long time playing with benzos which doesn't fill me with confidence.

I am a teetotaller so no thanks

Current alcohol is very damaging but no one gives it a 2nd thought .

True, but there are already perfectly good alternatives that are much safer.

what are these alternatives?? I've not seen my local bar selling any.

Well no not in this country, but i think we are far more likely to see those tried and tested alternatives available here than this new mystery chemical.

But what actually are they? The one I was talking about could be in the pubs and bars by 2022 according the report.