100% Rubbing Alcohol VS Absolute Vodka (Necro thread)

[JEDIYoda]

Question: I lived on the street for a time after I lost my job. Out there, if they can’t get anything else, some people drink rubbing alcohol. What is in rubbing alcohol that is so bad?

Answer: Rubbing alcohol is not ethyl alcohol (beverage alcohol), but isopropyl alcohol, a totally different chemical than the alcohol of beer, wine, or liquor. The lethal dose of isopropyl alcohol by mouth in adult humans is about 8 ounces. Another kind of poison is wood alcohol. This is methyl alcohol and it breaks down in the liver to formaldehyde. Those who survive after drinking it often suffer permanent blindness. As little as 2 ounces of wood alcohol can be fatal.
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[JEDIYoda]

Responses to “Why is drinking rubbing alcohol bad?” Joseph L. says: March 31, 2013 at 7:51 am Here is a good example of a helpful but rigorously truthful answer. The truth is that you can indeed drink isopropyl alcohol to get drunk, but it’s not a good idea. Where most anti-abuse sites get it wrong is explaining why. Isopropyl alcohol is not dangerous in the way methyl or wood alcohol is. Methyl alcohol will actually cause neurological damage even in small amounts. And if it doesn’t kill you, can leave you incurably blind. Isopropyl is NOT toxic in the same way and can get you drunk. In fact, it metabolizes into acetone which might sound dangerously toxic but is actually less toxic than what ethyl alcohol (e.g. liquor) metabolizes into. So in that respect it could be considered marginally safer than the alcohol in beer and liquor. So why isn’t it used or even promoted for consumption over ethyl alcohol? Easy question. It’s far more potent. Even the alcohol in liquor is potentially deadly if enough is consumed in a short enough time. The problem with isopropyl alcohol is that it’s so much more potent in its CNS effects that the margin between drunk and overdose (dead) is comparatively razor thin. It’s far too potent and dangerous to be sold or recommended for consumption. Even a small bottle of isopropyl alcohol (say 8 oz.) contains a potentially lethal dose if consumed all at once. So the last word is that yes, it could be consumed for intoxication, but even the most rigidly disciplined person is in extreme danger of overdosage and death if drinking isopropyl alcohol. - See more at: http://www.bettyfordcenter.org/trea...-rubbing-alcohol-bad.php#sthash.mCti4wwg.dpuf