We are fast approaching the season that without a doubt involves the most alcohol.
Christmas parties, family gatherings, nights out with friends, work-functions, the months of November and December can seem like one, long holiday bender.
Which, you know, wouldn’t be so bad if is wasn’t for the crushing hangovers – that only seem to be getting worse as we get older.
But what if we told you that you soon will be able to continue your hedonistic ways, and get away hangover-free? All thanks to neuropsychopharmacology professor David Nutt of Imperial College in London, who, according to BBC, wants to remove the hangover from the partying equation altogether.
This is where things get a little interesting, guys. Because the good professor, who previously worked for the British government as a drug advisor, has now been busy developing a compound called Alcosynth, which, in short, will work like regular alcohol in that it will get you drunk, but – and here is the best bit – it has no nasty side effects.
This is what Nutt himself had to say about his invention:
“Alcosynth will be there alongside the scotch and the gin, they’ll dispense the alcosynth into your cocktail and then you’ll have the pleasure without damaging your liver and your heart,” said Nutt to The Independent. “They go very nicely into mojitos. They even go into something as clear as a Tom Collins. One is pretty tasteless, the other has a bitter taste.”
In fact, it doesn’t stop there. The professor thinks the sky is the limit, and that Alcosynth will have completely replaced conventional alcohol by 2050, mostly because, in his words, it is a “healthier, safer, less-risky alternative to regular alcohol.”
Now, we are not going to lie about being tempted about the no hangover thing, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see if Nutt is indeed right about his predictions about the popularity of his non-alcohol alcohol. Oh, and it might be worth mentioning that the professor was, in fact, fired from his job as a drug advisor, after claiming that taking ecstasy was less dangerous than riding a horse…
