Long Island, NY – Before a machine that allows drinkers to inhale vaporized alcohol for a "quick hit" is introduced next month in the United States, a Suffolk County legislator wants to ban it.<br />
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Legis. Jon Cooper (D-Lloyd Harbor) filed a bill Wednesday to prohibit the sale, purchase and use of the device, called the Alcohol Without Liquid, or AWOL, machine, in the county.<br />
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Users of the AWOL machine pour liquor into a hand-held device, according to the Web site of the machine’s U.S. distributor, Spirit Partners Inc. The liquor then travels to an oxygen generator, and gets breathed in through the mouth via a hose, administering an "instant hit," according to the Web site. The company is marketing the machine as a hangover-, calorie- and carb-free way to use alcohol.<br />
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The machine was invented and launched in Great Britain. Spirit Partners Inc. is planning to launch its product Aug. 20 in New York City.<br />
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Read the full story at <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-liawol233903732jul23,0,4783140.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print"><strong>Newsday</strong></a> or check out this ridiculous machine at <a href="http://www.awolmachine.com/"><strong>Spirit Partners</a></strong>
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