{"id":1347,"date":"2015-10-30T07:23:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2015-10-30T07:23:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:23:15","slug":"a-cheap-high-from-the-drugstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"A Cheap High From The Drugstore"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So here’s a fun one. \u00a0CVS sells a homeopathic constipation relief medicine with is essentially 40 proof alcohol. \u00a0The only ingredients listed are ethanol 20% and purified water, which makes it more potent than alcohol or beer. \u00a0A blogger purchased 6 bottles ($36, about the same as a bar tab) and got legally drunk in 20 minutes. \u00a0 And even worse, the medicine didn’t work either!<\/p>\n

I’m surprised that CVS’s response was basically “We can legally sell it, because homeopathic medicines aren’t regulated” when the more responsible thing would have been just to pull the product off the shelves. \u00a0 Homeopathic medicines are not required to have an expiration date either, and most of them don’t. \u00a0 Seems like a company so concerned with not selling alcohol, pseudophedrine and other regulated substances should just ban this product from theirs, don’t you agree?<\/p>\n

Teen Shoppers Can Get Drunk Without ID On CVS Homeopathic\u00a0Laxative<\/h5>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0CVS might have stopped selling cigarettes, but you can still buy booze at the drugstore chain \u2014 without even getting carded. Just head over to the homeopathic medicine section and pick up some store-brand \u201cconstipation relief,\u201d which just happens to be 40-proof.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In a piece for Slate on homeopathic medicine<\/a>, chemist and blogger Yvette \u201cSci Babe\u201d d\u2019Entremont notes that this particular CVS product <\/a>is 20% ethanol, meaning it contains more alcohol by volume than beer or wine.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, the product is sold in 1 ounce containers, but at 20% alcohol and without any age requirement, it might be easier than trying to refill mom and pop\u2019s vodka bottle with water.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a recent YouTube clip, d\u2019Entremont \u2014 an adult \u2014 put the product to the test, downing six ounces of the supposed constipation reliever.<\/em><\/p>\n

After 20 minutes, she was legally drunk:<\/em>
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