There surely have been products as unnecessary as powdered alcohol.
Offhand, however, we can’t think of any.
Thanks to Indiana State Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, and rest of the General Assembly, Hoosiers appear on the verge of being spared from one more way to get wasted.
Alting has authored a bill that would ban the product in the state. The bill would offset an action last week in which the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved sale of the product, which could be mixed with water or other liquids to create a cocktail.
The man from Arizona who invented Palcohol says it would be the perfect partner for active folks who don’t want to lug around liquor bottles or beer cans when they’re hiking or biking ... as if hikers or cyclists are demanding to be able to drink alcohol when they’re on a workout, taking a break or just out enjoying nature.
No, Alting is right when he sees this as a product that would be attractive to underaged drinkers or others who wanted to be surreptitious about drinking in public.
“Put your common sense hat on and think of all the different ways it could be abused,” Alting said. “It could be the secret alcohol, so to speak. This is bad public policy, everybody can see that.”
All of his Senate colleagues could, as they passed his bill unanimously. Hopefully, the House will have just as much clarity.
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