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Old Aug 22, 04
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Alcohol inhaler machine

Alcohol inhaler machine causing controversy in New York

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Bar patrons sample the Alcohol Without Liquid inhaler. (photos courtesy www.awolusa.com)

NEW YORK (AP) - A machine that lets drinkers inhale shots of alcohol went on display Friday night, even as one local legislator warned the device is "a disaster waiting to happen."
The Alcohol Without Liquid vapourizer mixes the alcohol with pressurized oxygen. Makers said it takes about 20 minutes to breathe in one shot, giving drinkers the effect of alcohol without the extreme drunkenness or hangover.

Democratic New York state Senator Carl Kruger pledged to introduce legislation to ban its use, calling the inhaler, manufactured in England and distributed domestically by North Carolina-based Spirit Partners, a "new form of pipe smoking" and saying it could encourage underage drinking and drunken driving.

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office said the issue had been referred to the State Liquor Authority and declined comment. A message left with the agency was not immediately returned.

"It becomes a whole enforcement issue," Kruger said.

"The way we test alcohol levels will be skewed and so will all the direction we've taken in this state to lower blood-alcohol levels."

Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano said he also fears the machine will attract underage drinkers.

The machine went on display for a sneak peak at the bar Trust, in Manhattan. But bar and lounge owners in New York may be wary, said Bob Zuckerman, executive director of the New York Nightlife Association.

"We don't know if this device is legal and in addition we don't know if it is safe," Zuckerman said.

"Our members and most bar owners are responsible and I'm sure they'll tread very carefully before putting a device such as this in their establishments."

A manager who answered the phone at Trust said it's too early to predict the effect of the new machine. The manager, who would identify himself only as Marty, said the bar hasn't purchased the device and Trust drinkers would "be responsible, no matter how they ingest their substances."
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Old Aug 22, 04
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nuts, i saw an investigative report on this, they want to ban it, sounds like the next best thing out there, let's get fukkkkkkkked uppppp!! woohoo
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Old Aug 22, 04
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I heard it costs a couple grand though...lol...but think of the possibilities!!!!
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Old Aug 22, 04
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it sorta reminds me of that drug thing that Tom Cruise's character was hooked on in the movie Minority Report.
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