{"id":169082,"date":"2023-01-02T20:46:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=169082"},"modified":"2023-01-02T20:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:46:58","slug":"science-boffin-says-hes-made-new-form-of-alcohol-that-doesnt-cause-hangovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/science-boffin-says-hes-made-new-form-of-alcohol-that-doesnt-cause-hangovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Science boffin says he’s made new form of alcohol that doesn’t cause hangovers"},"content":{"rendered":"
A boffin hopes his space-age booze alternative that gets you tipsy without giving you a hangover will be in pubs soon.<\/p>\n
Inventor Professor David Nutt claims drinkers can stay in the \u201ctwo-pint zone\u201d all night by switching to his alcohol substitute Alcarelle.<\/p>\n
It mimics the effects of traditional booze by activating the same areas of the brain.<\/p>\n
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Prof Nutt \u2013 previously a government drugs tsar \u2013 is now raising cash to launch the revolutionary drink in UK pubs.<\/p>\n
"I have a litre of Alcarelle on my shelf. It\u2019s made, I\u2019ve tested it myself," he admitted.<\/p>\n
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He created the product through his company, GABA Labs, named after the neurotransmitter in the brain which reacts to alcohol. Scientists hope it will represent a third way between alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.<\/p>\n
Prof. Nutt explained: \u201cWe have targeted the effects to be equivalent to one to two glasses of wine.<\/p>\n
"If you drink more, that effect flattens out.<\/p>\n
"Each drink is targeted to last about 30 to 45 minutes. It clears the systems faster than alcohol."<\/p>\n
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The firm has already launched a non-alcoholic spirit called Sentia, priced at \u00a329.50 for a 50cl bottle.<\/p>\n
It is made with botanical ingredients designed to give drinkers the same relaxed feeling as a gin and tonic.<\/p>\n
They are not classed as psychoactive drugs, because they have been marketed as food additives.<\/p>\n
Prof. Nutt added: "The problem with non-alcoholic drinks is that they are not functional.<\/p>\n
"That doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t have a role but you lose what, for most people, is the reason for drinking: to be relaxed and sociable and interact with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The academic, who is director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial College London, has long been a controversial figure in the scientific community.<\/p>\n
He advised Labour on drugs policy until 2009.<\/p>\n
He was then sacked after publishing a paper claiming there was "not much difference" between the harm caused by horse riding and the Class A drug ecstasy.<\/p>\n
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