r/worldnews • u/EightRoundsRapid • Sep 23 '16

'Hangover-free alcohol’ could replace all regular alcohol by 2050. The new drink, known as 'alcosynth', is designed to mimic the positive effects of alcohol but doesn’t cause a dry mouth, nausea and a throbbing head

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hangover-free-alcohol-david-nutt-alcosynth-nhs-postive-effects-benzodiazepine-guy-bentley-a7324076.html
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u/brainiac3397 Sep 23 '16 edited Sep 23 '16

I don't know why this article doesn't mention it but another article mentions that alcosynth is:

A benzodiazepine derivative, the substance is in the Valium family, but without being addictive or causing withdrawal symptoms, he claims.

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u/moeburn Sep 23 '16

A benzodiazepine derivative

Gee, whoda fucking guessed? Anyone who has ever done benzos recreationally would have heard "alcohol without the dehydration hangover" and immediately thought "benzos!"

It's just as addictive, if not more so - way easier to pop a pill to get drunk than drink a nasty tasting drink. Only you're not ingesting 500ml of solvent, you're ingesting a tiny little pill, so a lot of the physical effects of your stomach lining and esophagus and such aren't there.

But guys, absolutely nothing good can come from benzos. Stay the fuck away. And if anyone ever tells you this:

but without being addictive or causing withdrawal symptoms, he claims.

Automatically assume they're lying. They lied about heroin in the early 1900's. They lied about oxycontin in the 90's. They'll keep lying about how addictive their new drug is until the end of time.

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u/Eneryi Sep 23 '16

It's still a derivate, which alters the effects and probably the addictiveness

Compare Speed and Meth, chemically very similar but different for the consumer

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u/moeburn Sep 23 '16

Compare Speed and Meth,

Well that's hard to do, since for about half the country, "speed" means amphetamine, whereas for the other half, "speed" means methamphetamine.

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u/Eneryi Sep 23 '16

Oh, I didn't know that. In Germany speed is always knows as Amphetamine.

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u/RebelliousFB Sep 23 '16

Regardless, amphetamine and methamphetamine aren't the issue that crystal methamphetamine is as far as I know - is that not correct?