Buy Your AWOL Machine Now Before It's Too Late
Missouri bill targets alcohol vaporizer
01/22/2007
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri legislators are trying once again to outlaw alcohol vaporizers, which turn hard alcohol into a mist that can be inhaled.
Never heard of an alcohol vaporizer?
Don't worry, most people haven't.
(until now! hee hee -me)
The machines, which cost $299 for handheld sizes and up to $2,895 for commercial models, can be found online, billed as AWOL or "Alcohol Without Liquid." Using an oxygen generator, the machine takes an 80-proof shot of hard alcohol and turns it into a mist, which is then pulled into the lungs by large inhalers.
By bypassing the stomach and liver, the alcohol heads straight for the bloodstream, doctors say. The result is a mild euphoric buzz sans the carbs, calories and hangover, says the U.S. distributor, Spirit Partners LLC of Greensboro, N.C.
The British import has been outlawed in several states, including Illinois. In Kansas City, the City Council adopted an ordinance in 2005 banning the machines in bars and nightclubs.
That's no problem for Kevin Morse, president of Spirit Partners, which owns the U.S. license for AWOL machines.
"Every time one of these legislators proposes banning the vaporizers, sales take off," Morse said.
For example, Kentucky legislators proposed an all-out ban of AWOL machines last year, saying they represented a public health risk. In the ensuing media firestorm, Morse said, he sold 200 machines in a matter of days.
"It brings attention to us," said Morse, who estimated he's sold between 1,000 and 1,200 machines in the past two years.
Morse said he hadn't sold any to Missouri bars or restaurants.
Missouri Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, is sponsoring a bill that would ban the possession or use of alcohol vaporizers. She called the devices "potentially deadly" to teenagers.
"We could have a surge of these alcohol vaporizers next year, so we need to make a clear statement that they are dangerous," she said.
Ridgeway and Rep. Jerry Nolte, R-Gladstone, the chief sponsor of a House bill to ban the device, said their anti-AWOL legislation carried some weight this year. More than a half-dozen community groups, mental health advocates and alcohol distributors, including Anheuser-Busch, are lobbying for its passage.
Over the past two years, Nolte's bills proposing a statewide ban have failed to gain traction.
Vicky Ward, manager of alcohol prevention services for Kansas City-based Tri-County Mental Health Services, said that despite the possibility of an AWOL ban's making the relatively unknown product a hot-ticket item, alcohol vaporizers needed to be outlawed soon.
"We might be expediting their purchase of it, but if we can put a ban into law, we can confiscate them and impose a fine," Ward said. "There's really no good use for them."
(gun control and the phrase "slippery slope" should come to mind. -me)
Ward said she had heard of the machines' being purchased online and used by fraternity houses in several Missouri college towns, which, she said, could lead to a type of binge vaporizing.
"The distributor knows there's a youth market for this stuff," Ward said.
But Morse said it was impossible to get drunk off his product. "It's not like a beer bong," he said. "You can't get drunk with AWOL."
Robert Welsh is the administrator of the Breath Alcohol Instrument Training program at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. He said he rounded up a few colleagues at his testing lab last year to try out the device. In separate tests, Welsh inhaled a shot of vodka and a shot of his favorite bourbon, he said.
"I was hitting this thing pretty heavy," Welsh said. "I was trying to abuse it, and I got sick."
Welsh said he didn't get drunk and couldn't get a blood alcohol content reading on a Breathalyzer. But, he said, his "throat was burning."
"The jury's still out but, until somebody says this thing's medically safe, I'm all for a ban," Welsh said. "You definitely have to keep it out of the hands of minors."
A hearing on the Senate version of the anti-alcohol vaporizer bill is scheduled for Monday evening in the Senate's Judiciary committee. The bills are HB136 and SB38.
note: they neglect to mention that the "shot" they refer to here is a "shot capsule" from the machine, which holds 1/2 the volume of what is commonly known as a "shot" (as in shotglass), and furthermore, it takes 20 minutes to ingest said "shot capsule". -me
01/22/2007
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri legislators are trying once again to outlaw alcohol vaporizers, which turn hard alcohol into a mist that can be inhaled.
Never heard of an alcohol vaporizer?
Don't worry, most people haven't.
(until now! hee hee -me)
The machines, which cost $299 for handheld sizes and up to $2,895 for commercial models, can be found online, billed as AWOL or "Alcohol Without Liquid." Using an oxygen generator, the machine takes an 80-proof shot of hard alcohol and turns it into a mist, which is then pulled into the lungs by large inhalers.
By bypassing the stomach and liver, the alcohol heads straight for the bloodstream, doctors say. The result is a mild euphoric buzz sans the carbs, calories and hangover, says the U.S. distributor, Spirit Partners LLC of Greensboro, N.C.
The British import has been outlawed in several states, including Illinois. In Kansas City, the City Council adopted an ordinance in 2005 banning the machines in bars and nightclubs.
That's no problem for Kevin Morse, president of Spirit Partners, which owns the U.S. license for AWOL machines.
"Every time one of these legislators proposes banning the vaporizers, sales take off," Morse said.
For example, Kentucky legislators proposed an all-out ban of AWOL machines last year, saying they represented a public health risk. In the ensuing media firestorm, Morse said, he sold 200 machines in a matter of days.
"It brings attention to us," said Morse, who estimated he's sold between 1,000 and 1,200 machines in the past two years.
Morse said he hadn't sold any to Missouri bars or restaurants.
Missouri Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, is sponsoring a bill that would ban the possession or use of alcohol vaporizers. She called the devices "potentially deadly" to teenagers.
"We could have a surge of these alcohol vaporizers next year, so we need to make a clear statement that they are dangerous," she said.
Ridgeway and Rep. Jerry Nolte, R-Gladstone, the chief sponsor of a House bill to ban the device, said their anti-AWOL legislation carried some weight this year. More than a half-dozen community groups, mental health advocates and alcohol distributors, including Anheuser-Busch, are lobbying for its passage.
Over the past two years, Nolte's bills proposing a statewide ban have failed to gain traction.
Vicky Ward, manager of alcohol prevention services for Kansas City-based Tri-County Mental Health Services, said that despite the possibility of an AWOL ban's making the relatively unknown product a hot-ticket item, alcohol vaporizers needed to be outlawed soon.
"We might be expediting their purchase of it, but if we can put a ban into law, we can confiscate them and impose a fine," Ward said. "There's really no good use for them."
(gun control and the phrase "slippery slope" should come to mind. -me)
Ward said she had heard of the machines' being purchased online and used by fraternity houses in several Missouri college towns, which, she said, could lead to a type of binge vaporizing.
"The distributor knows there's a youth market for this stuff," Ward said.
But Morse said it was impossible to get drunk off his product. "It's not like a beer bong," he said. "You can't get drunk with AWOL."
Robert Welsh is the administrator of the Breath Alcohol Instrument Training program at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. He said he rounded up a few colleagues at his testing lab last year to try out the device. In separate tests, Welsh inhaled a shot of vodka and a shot of his favorite bourbon, he said.
"I was hitting this thing pretty heavy," Welsh said. "I was trying to abuse it, and I got sick."
Welsh said he didn't get drunk and couldn't get a blood alcohol content reading on a Breathalyzer. But, he said, his "throat was burning."
"The jury's still out but, until somebody says this thing's medically safe, I'm all for a ban," Welsh said. "You definitely have to keep it out of the hands of minors."
A hearing on the Senate version of the anti-alcohol vaporizer bill is scheduled for Monday evening in the Senate's Judiciary committee. The bills are HB136 and SB38.
note: they neglect to mention that the "shot" they refer to here is a "shot capsule" from the machine, which holds 1/2 the volume of what is commonly known as a "shot" (as in shotglass), and furthermore, it takes 20 minutes to ingest said "shot capsule". -me
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I don't know but would almost bet the machine that my dad had before he died would do the same thing, it was a portable nebulizer for inhale'n meds for COPD
Just a thought, I still have it, might try & see if it works[:D][:D][:D]0 -
Chunk of dry ice
Container with a small-diameter opening (soda bottle works well)
Highest-proof alcohol you can find (Everclear works best, the less water the better)
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1)Put a small amount (or a large amount, it doesn't matter) of the booze in the container
2)Drop a chunk of dry ice in there (carefully, don't frostburn yourself). Don't cap it unless you want a first-hand demonstration of how dry-ice bombs work.
Solid CO2 naturally sublimates to a liquid over a long period of time. The interaction with the (much warmer) alcohol causes the CO2 to sublimate very quickly, resultantly vaporizing a fair portion of the ethanol and taking it along.
4)Wait a few seconds, then inhale deeply.
The result is a very fast, very intense state of intoxication as the alcohol crosses instantly into the bloodstream via the lungs, as opposed to slowly through the stomach wall (when taken internally).
In a nutshell, you're drunk as a skunk for about 30 seconds, then it passes.
Note: I did this in high school and don't plan on doing so again, simply because it's not all that exciting, and dry ice is expensive. Although frankly, I think they should be promoting this amongst the "poor decision makers" in the college crowd. It's a hell of a lot safer than the traditional method if you think about it. It clears your system in about 30 seconds and the amount you actually inhale is about 1/10th of a teaspoon.0 -
Sounds like a stupid high to me. Why do it?[?][?][?][?] 0 -
This was on FOX news a few months ago, problem with it according to the experts is the machines give the alcohol a direct route into the blood stream via the lungs making it a bit more potent than having to wait for the body to absorb through the intestines.
Man will always invent ways to screw himself up.[:(]0 -
Sounds like it will go well if used concurrently with ingested alcohol. [:D] 0 -
But,But
I like the taste of beer and good booze, snorted vodka once during spring break, WOW what a rush[:D]0 -
they "vaporize" other harmful substances too.
http://www.marijuanavaporizerreviews.com/bc.html0 -
A crack pipe for the Alky crowd.
Wow man, like don't bogart that vaporizer man, gimme a toke man...
I think the 60's are calling me home0 -
quote:Originally posted by danlittle
I don't know but would almost bet the machine that my dad had before he died would do the same thing, it was a portable nebulizer for inhale'n meds for COPD
Just a thought, I still have it, might try & see if it works[:D][:D][:D]
I just tried this in my nebulizer using Everclear and it will do the job however I did not enhale it for obvious reasons. I would suggest that anyone doing this use a low content alcohol beverage otherwise you could die from alcohol toxication.0 -
In some hospitals this thing is very common. For people that need breathing treatment they will also add 10mg of Morphine for pain control. It works great. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by alledan
I just tried this in my nebulizer using Everclear and it will do the job however I did not enhale it for obvious reasons. I would suggest that anyone doing this use a low content alcohol beverage otherwise you could die from alcohol toxication.
that's how it works, but not quite what it does. it has an oxygen generator (however that's supposed to work) and it mixes oxygen with the vaporized alcoholic beverage. so, you're also getting a hit of oxygen along with it.
I wouldn't recommend trying to do the same thing with simply a nebulizer, which couldn't also give you the oxygen. also the AWOL machine has a safety switch of some sort, I don't suppose a nebulizer does.
http://www.awolmachine.com/page-2.htm (about)
http://www.awolmachine.com/page-4.htm (faq)0 -
quote:Originally posted by Classic095
Man will always invent ways to screw himself up.[:(]
Ain't that the truth.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Nwcid
In some hospitals this thing is very common. For people that need breathing treatment they will also add 10mg of Morphine for pain control. It works great.hooee! it's a good thing teenagers don't have access to any of that.0 -
So lets ask the physicians here how swell an idea it is to enhale everclear. Looks like a really dumb idea to me. Sorry Buschmaster, hope you are not the GB distributor. 0 -
I'm not in any rush to get intoxicated. I'd prefer not to, actually.
A light buzz is inevitable when enjoying a beer or a tumbler. No way around it.
Black Label sipped is my last vice, and I'll be the last one to suggest a quicker way to enjoy it.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Classic095
Man will always invent ways to screw himself up.[:(]
LOL. Amen to that brother. [:D]0
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