Alcohol 'snorting' worries docs [View All]

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British medical experts expressed concern on Monday at a new, and apparently legal, trend towards "snorting" alcohol, using a tube into the mouth in order to inhale the drug.

Oliver James, head of clinical medical sciences at Newcastle University, said: "By snorting the alcohol, it can go directly into the brain without being filtered by the liver.

"What is getting into your brain could be the equivalent of many times more than by drinking it," said the professor.

Those using a new device known as an Alcohol without Liquid (Awol) vaporiser would get drunk more quickly, but could also suffer "irreversible damage to nerves" that could lead to swelling and possibly dementia in the longer term," said James.

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