From the Desk of Dannie Edmond - Project Manager

July 26, 2007 - I saw a story on young people using hand sanitizer as a way of getting drunk. This story will without a doubt raise some eyebrows, hand sanitizer?? A small bottle of hand sanitizer is stronger than most of us think. A closer look at the hand sanitizer will show us that a small bottle contains 62% alcohol and there is only 35% in a bottle of rum.

Before we dismiss this as just another urban myth its not a new thing for young people to use alternative products to get drunk like mouth wash, or cough medicine. Add to this that the 62% ethel alcohol contained in the small bottle of hand sanitizer equals to be about 124 proof , about four shots of vodka. The American association of Poison Centers reported last year 12,000 cases of poisoning from hand sanitizer last year and already this year in 2007 more than 6,000 cases have already been reported.