A shot of ... Hand Sanitizer?
According the the NY Daily News , the in things amongst teens is Hand Sanitizer . Really. Six young people recently landed in a Southern California emergency room with alcohol poisoning after chugging the antimicrobial gel. Hand sanitizer contains a whopping 62% ethyl alcohol — making the foul liquid akin to a shot of hard liquor. YouTube has seen an influx of videos of teens chugging the foul germ-killing goo. Which does indeed seem to be the case ( YouTube, at least ) It does bring up a fair point though - given a choice between Tequila and Hand Sanitizer, I'm not quite sure which one is the more reprehensible...