palcohol (powdered alcohol)

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Notes

  • powdered alcohol
  • FDA-qpproved in the U.S. in 2015
    • has not been released due to negative reaction to its approval
  • 27 states had banned its sale
  • contains ~55% alcohol by weight
  • reconstituted to liquid form by mixing with water

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References

  1. Orciari Herman A, Fairchild DG, Hefner JE Health Officials Call for Ban on Powdered Alcohol Physician's First Watch, Feb 16, 2016 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
    Warren KE, Tay S, Wen LS Patient and Public Risks of Powdered Alcohol: A Citywide Case Study to Prevent Abuse. Ann Intern Med. Published online 16 February 2016 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26881915 <Internet> http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2491919
  2. 2.0 2.1 AMA News Room. June 14, 2016 New AMA Policy Calls for Ban on Powdered Alcohol. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/2016/2016-06-14-ama-policy-ban-powdered-alcohol.page