ECU Experts Warn Education Needed For Palcohol | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: This article was originally created by the ECU News Services.

    In March, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved the sale of powered alcohol, unless otherwise prohibited. The product, called Palcohol, is mixed with water for the equivalent of an alcoholic drink.

    Legislation on possessing, purchasing, or selling the product varies from state to state. For North Carolina, as of April 2015, the House supported a bill that indicates that "it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, transport, import, deliver, furnish, purchase, consume or possess powdered alcohol."

    ECU professors in the Department of Health Education and Promotion Don Chaney, Beth Chaney, Ryan Martin and Karen Vail-Smith conducted a study to assess ECU student awareness of powdered alcohol and the intentions/likelihood to use and/or misuse the product. Only 16.4 percent of respondents (out of 1841 undergraduate students) indicated having heard of powdered alcohol.

    Approximately 23 percent indicated that they would use powdered alcohol if available and, of those, 62.1 percent also indicated likelihood of misusing the product (for example, snorting it or mixing it with alcoholic beverages).

    Students classifying as hazardous drinkers were significantly more likely to indicate a likelihood of using powdered alcohol. Hazardous drinkers were also almost five times more likely to indicate a likelihood to misuse the product. The researchers concluded that especially in states where the product will soon be available, alcohol education initiatives should be updated to include information on the potential risks associated with powdered alcohol use.
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