The House Friday concurred with a Senate bill that bans the sale and possession of powdered alcohol.
The ban on powdered alcohol, sold under the brand name Palcohol, is a last-minute addition to a broader alcohol bill, S.299, passed by the Senate earlier this week.
Rep. Tom Stevens, D-Waterbury, explained the powdered alcohol amendment as well as a new amendment about lottery ticket sales. The ban would be in effect until January 2015. By then the state should produce a report on risks associated with powdered alcohol, the bill says.
Powdered alcohol can be snorted, Stevens told House legislators.
“Just the concept of snorting powdered alcohol itself is really nothing that we want to move forward on,” Stevens said.
Powdered alcohol is not approved by the federal government or legally available for sale in the United States, although it is legal in several other countries. A federal board in charge of approving such products earlier this month approved, it then rescinded the approval.
