( 4UMF NEWS ) Teens Drinking Hand Sanitizer To Get Drunk:
Teenagers are showing up in Los Angeles emergency rooms after drinking inexpensive liquid hand sanitizers to get drunk.
Cheap and easily accessible hand sanitizers, contain 62 percent ethyl alcohol.
The Los Angeles Times says six teenagers have shown up in two San Fernando Valley emergency rooms in the last few months with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer.
Some of the teens used salt to separate the alcohol from the sanitizer, making a potent drink similar to a shot of hard liquor. Distillation instructions can be found on the Internet.
Although there’s only been a few cases, county public health toxicology expert Cyrus Rangan says it could signal a dangerous trend.
That is stupid and reckless and that is coming from an alcoholic…
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