Are kids just too lazy to steal their parents liquor now or what? The new thing amongst the rebelious children is to drink Hand Sanitizer. REALLY? It’s probably not as common as they want you to think but it doesn’t mean it won’t pick up soon. I guess an 8oz bottle of Sanitizer is equivilent to about 5 shots of hard liquor because it contains 63% alcohol. According to the LA Times at least 6 teenagers have been hospitalized because of it. First they were saoking tampons and inserting them and now they have moved on to this. I found 4 things all parents should know about this new upcoming trend so that they can be aware. Check them out after the jump!
#1.) It DOES Get Them Drunk. An eight-ounce bottle with 63% alcohol content is the equivalent of about five shots of hard liquor. Sometimes they mix it with mouthwash to make it even stronger.
And it doesn’t take much to give them alcohol poisoning.
#2.) Some Kids Use Salt to Separate the Alcohol from the Gel. Instructions on how to do it are all over the Internet. So no, they’re not little drunk geniuses. They just know how to use Google.
#3.) It’s Popular in Prisons Too. Last September in New Zealand, prisoners were caught mixing hand sanitizer with a sugary fruit drink. Apparently the guards found several prisoners who were, quote, “highly intoxicated.”
#4.) Buy the Foam Kind, Not the Gel Kind. If you’re worried about your kids trying it, it’s harder to extract the alcohol from the foam version than the gel version. Plus, they’re less likely to try chugging foam in the first place.
And the same goes for YOUNGER kids who ingest it accidentally. Apparently some toddlers like the taste of it.
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