Inhale your next beer!

[Cyprus106]

http://www.local6.com/news/5981599/detail.html


Lawmakers Want Second Chance To Ban Quick, Low-Carb Drunk Machine

POSTED: 3:58 pm EST January 10, 2006

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A bill aimed at banning alcohol vaporizers, which allow people to breath in the booze to get drunk rather than drink it, was resurrected Tuesday by a House committee.

The measure (HB 95), similar to the proposal that failed in the 2005 Legislature, zipped through its initial test in the House Business Regulation Committee on a 17-1 vote with only Republican Baxter Troutman of Winter Haven dissenting.

House Sponsor Bob Henriquez, D-Tampa, conceded that alcohol vaporizers haven't become a big issue -- yet.

"Where you see the proliferation is through sales on the Internet to college kids," Henriquez said, adding the attraction is apparently being able to get high without absorbing the calories or suffering a hangover the next day.

Henriquez, however, admitted he had no data on how many machines had been sold in Florida or were being used.

"I've never even heard of this," Troutman said. A similar proposal (SB 1154) is being sponsored in the Senate by Melbourne Republican Mike Haridopolos.

The bills would make it a first degree misdemeanor for selling the device which oxygenates mixes spirits, liquor or alcohol with pure oxygen or other gases to produce a vapor for inhalation by users seeking a quick high. An individual previously convicted of the offense within the past five years would be subject to third degree felony penalties.

Anyone buying or using such a device would be subject to a $250 fine, including those who already have one.

The tabletop devices are about half the size of a toaster oven. They are connected to a tube about twice as big as a garden hose.

The alcohol then goes through a foot-long inhaling device, into an inhaler about three inches in diameter and then a tube small enough to fit in the mouth.

The committee also unanimously approved a measure sponsored by Rep. Carl Domino, R-Jupiter, that repeals a requirement that a stand-alone bar submit a report prepared by a Certified Public Accountant every three years to prove they are complying with the 10 percent threshold on food sales in areas where smoking is allowed.

The bill (HB 31) would instead require the individual bar owners submit an affidavit to the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Lobbyist Curt Kiser, representing the American Cancer Society, said he had no immediate problem with the proposal but cautioned the committee to "please don't let the bill become a mechanism for other exemptions."

[quteasabutton]

i'm so glad america is all about freedoms /sarcasm is it just for FL? i've never even heard about that thing before reading the article. dont those lawmakers have anything better to do?

[driftinggrifter2]

I live in Fl and I've never heard of this before maybe i should check it out sometime soon, Maybe tomorrow.

[Shortbus]

Hmm never heard of it. I like my calories though and its good to see that hard earned taxpayers money is being spent on important issues such as this.

[Sianus]

We used to do it at home! Boil cheap booze, contain vapour, inhale, ahhhh....

[elementskater15]

Meh, cans of that air that you clean computer parts works better. (seriously don't try it unless you like being in a coma) I might take drinking back up for a few days if i find one of these things. I still have a bottle of Absolute left over from the eve of new year's eve...

[mike1224]

could i get a few of those in my house?? maybe cheaper than drinking everyday.

[sivic02]

Whatever happened to sitting down and enjoying a drink? Now you can freaking inhale alcohol? Who the hell does that? Plus who does that for $300, I dont think it needs to be banned because no idiot would pay $300 for that....at least I hope not. You can find everything on ebay

[vinnym86]

i read about this last year in High Times mag. doesn't work well.

edit: i should note, however, higher model vaporizers work great with weed.

[eversio11]

I wouldn't expect the same 'drunk' feeling that you get from actually drinking. Weed vaporizers offer a 'high', but it's very different than smoking weed. I would imagine an alcoholic vaporizer is the same.

[sameintheend01]

^ how is the weed vaporizer different? i've never used it. I've smoked and eaten it before and those are totally different.

[eversio11]

Originally Posted by sameintheend01

^ how is the weed vaporizer different? i've never used it. I've smoked and eaten it before and those are totally different.

It's far more mild. The effects are generally more stretched out, it takes a while to come on, and it lasts a lot longer than smoking. I prefer the effects of smoking to a vaporizer. Although the vap is much, much healthier.

[sivic02]

to add on to the weed vaporizer thing, one plus about it is at least for me it took a whole lot less to get me stoned. What can I say back in my pothead days I got bored and made one out the speed control for my families christmas tree train thing.

[vinnym86]

vaporizers aren't for me. i'll stick to rollin' them dutches.

[Toksin]

Who the fuck cares about calories in alcohol?

If you're supposed to be watching your calories (to stay fit or whatever) then you shouldn't be drinking in the first place.