Western societies could give up alcohol within a generation in favour of synthetic alcohol designed to be hangover-free, a leading drugs scientist has claimed. Professor David Nutt, a former government drugs advisor teaching at Imperial College, said "alcosynth" will mimic the positive effects of alcohol without the sickness and throbbing headache commonly experienced the following day. Professor Nutt also said he believed tobacco and cigarettes will be replaced by electronic cigarettes within a decade. "In another 10 or 20 years, Western societies won't drink alcohol except on rare occasions," he told IBTimes UK. "Alcosynth will become the preferred drink, in the same way that I can see – almost within a decade now in the Western world – tobacco and cigarettes will disappear as they're replaced by electronic cigarettes." please log in to view this image © Getty Beer Between 2014-15, an estimated 1.1 million people were admitted to hospital for issues related to alcohol consumption, according to Alcohol Concern, and harms related to the drug are estimated to cost the NHS around £3.5bn a year. It is claimed alcosynth will provide the positive benefits of alcohol, such as social lubrication, without the harmful side-effects. "It could well change culture," Professor Nutt said. "If there's less intoxication then there will be less violence on the street, less vomiting and less unpleasantness in our city centres. "There are some people that want to get intoxicated so they can just fight or be 'out of it', but most people want to drink alcohol to enjoy the experience, though inevitably alcohol harms them." He added: "Alcohol kills more than malaria, meningitis, tuberculosis and dengue fever put together. "Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could replace alcohol with something that led to almost no deaths? That would be one of the greatest public health developments in the history of the world."
Wimps If you can’t handle painful hangovers and excruciating feelings of guilt and depression then you shouldn’t drink in the first place
Agreed Den. If I hadn't been arseholed on Saturday night I would never have fallen down our stairs, banged my head on the wall, demolished a Christmas star, broke the end off a UPVC windowsill, scuffed my jacket and hurt my back. Furthermore the wife would not hate me and think that I was a **** of the highest order.
I have been following his diet, eat as much as you like, drink only full fat everything and do no exercise. Works for me.
I've met professor Nutt. He's well named. A painful hangover with a gradual recollection of what you did the night before is one of life's great pleasures.
**** off. One of the best things about getting drunk is the hangover-induced english breakfast the day after. Never tastes better.
I recently ordered a couple bottles of Whiskey and when they arrived, they came with a scratch card. I'd won a bottle of limited edition gin. Brilliant. Said gin duly turns up, but it turns out to be a 'special edition' alright. It was called 'Out of the Blue' and it was to celebrate Leicester city winning the premier league. It had the club badge and everything. I gave it to the Mother-in-law
This will do me big time. I'e had enough of the 3 day headache ( 20 + tablets to get rid of ) and 2 day washed out feeling.
Give it ten years and those e-cigs will be worse for you than actual cigarettes. Pneumonia and other lung problems waiting to happen. Nobody’s really sure of the long term effects.
The vapour condenses in the lungs. It can’t be good for anybody. I’m surprised they’re so readily available on the high street with little research justifying them.
