Get Drunk Without a Hangover Brehs

[Serious]

A drug that mimics the effect of alcohol without creating a hangover is being developed by a former government adviser.

Prof David Nutt said the discovery would lead to a revolution in health. But he needed funding to continue his research.

He claimed the drug would do for alcohol what the e-cigarette had done for smoking.

He called on the Government to give an “explicit recommendation” in support of the drug to encourage investment. His innovation could save the NHS millions.

The drug targets the brain to give the taker feelings of pleasure similar to the effects of drinking. However, an antidote can block the sensations immediately, leaving the user free to drive or return to work.

Prof Nutt resigned from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 2009 after a clash over policy.

He said alcohol killed 1.5 million people a year and 10 per cent of drinkers became addicts. He predicted that side effects from drinking such as memory loss could be circumvented by the new drug.

However, he warned that investors remained wary due to the uncertainty of the Government’s position. He told the Dragon’s Den presenter Evan Davis on Radio 4’s Today programme today that he was not surprised that no one in the drinks industry wanted to fund his research.

Prof Nutt said the drug could be taken in a range of cocktails. “I’ve done the prototype experiments myself,” he said. “I’ve been inebriated and then it’s been reversed by the antagonist.

“That’s what really gave us the idea. There’s no question that you can produce a whole range of effects like alcohol by manipulating the brain.”

Emily Robinson, the deputy chief executive of the charity Alcohol Concern, questioned Prof Nutt’s call for the Coalition to support his research.

“We would urge caution on this,” she said. “We agree that alcohol is a serious burden to the country. But we would urge the Government to invest in policies that we know work, such as minimum unit pricing and advertising restrictions.

“We should focus on what is going wrong in our drinking culture rather than swapping potentially one addictive substance for another.”

Claire Fox, the director of the Institute of Ideas, an organisation that promotes discussion on public policy including drug legislation, criticised the BBC’s decision to give a platform to the professor. “It was outrageous,” she said. “Nobody else would get away with it would they?

“If someone else went on and just said: 'I am here to get investment in my company’ the BBC wouldn’t let that [happen].”

She said the broadcast was “a kind of lobbying disguised as a science item” given that Prof Nutt could benefit from the policy change.

A BBC spokesman said the subject was of interest to its audience.

“Prof David Nutt was interviewed about a drug which he claimed could mimic the sensation of alcohol without the health risks,” he said.

“He was questioned about the potential complications involved and it was made clear to listeners that his research was at the early stages because he had not yet obtained funding for the project.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodandd...out-the-hangover-on-Professor-Nutts-pill.html

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Yep.... Basically these dudes are looking at benzos

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...drunkenness-and-hangovers-in-development.html

Which is why I'm skeptical. benzo's are among the most destructive and addictive forces known to mankind.... And I simply am having trouble believing that something like this comes without a pricetag, so to speak

 

[KeysT]

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

@OneManGang

 

[Serious]

Yep.... Basically these dudes are looking at benzos

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...drunkenness-and-hangovers-in-development.html

Which is why I'm skeptical. benzo's are among the most destructive and addictive forces known to mankind.... And I simply am having trouble believing that something like this comes without a pricetag, so to speak

Doesn't matter it would still sell, just because...

 

[Yapdatfool]

Sounds like getting a cortizone shot on your already torn up knee, making it worse w/out feeling a thing.

moderation>>>>>

Yep.... Basically these dudes are looking at benzos

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...drunkenness-and-hangovers-in-development.html

Which is why I'm skeptical. benzo's are among the most destructive and addictive forces known to mankind.... And I simply am having trouble believing that something like this comes without a pricetag, so to speak

I know people who take benzo's and drink, it doesnt work that great. Then again, perhaps they need higher doses of benzo.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I know people who take benzo's and drink, it doesnt work that great. Then again, perhaps they need higher doses of benzo.

It doesn't work that great... that's a light way of putting it

that shyt will have you blacking out and driving your cars into trees

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

"effects LIKE alcohol"

I'm not so sure you can produce it's actual effects without actually using alcohol. It's like saying high dose xanax is similar to being drunk. It kind of is, but it isn't, as well. Plus there are analog drugs that produce a drunk like state, Ketamine does as well in light doses

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Leave the drinking, give me the antidote.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

I know people who take benzo's and drink, it doesnt work that great. Then again, perhaps they need higher doses of benzo.

haha, no way.

Am I the only one who gets INSANELY tired from benzos? Jesus christ, it gives me the best sleep of my life. Too bad they're really bad for you. I got faded off like 3 beers and 1.5mg. Slept like a little fukking baby once I got home

 

[Serious]

It doesn't work that great... that's a light way of putting it

that shyt will have you blacking out and driving your cars into trees

According to the lead researcher, he's been hammered prior to giving a lecture, then perfectly sobered up within enough time.

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2852065888001/a-healthy-hangover-free-alcohol/

 

[mastermind]

just drink water

ive never got a hungover

 

[Serious]

Leave the drinking, give me the antidote.

This is why it will sell...

Dat free market enterprise, hopefully the government doesn't step in

 

[Kilgore Trout]

just drink as much water as you can before bed and youll be fine. A hangover is just a result of being dehydrated.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

just drink water

ive never got a hungover

that makes me so angry. I think my body gets dehydrated extremely easily. Sometimes you just get so hammered you don't have time to hydrate before passing out. I get INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEEE hangovers. Like, I can't do shyt the next day but stay in bed/throw up/drink water. blessing and a curse because I don't drink heavily very often due to it.