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By ROGER ALFORD, Associated Press Writer Tue Apr 15, 8:43 PM ET

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The state that claims to produce the world's best bourbon has banned at least one way to consume it: vaporized for easy inhalation.
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Gov. Steve Beshear signed a bill on Tuesday prohibiting the sale, purchase or use of alcohol vaporizers, which are devices that resemble asthma inhalers but produce intoxicating fumes.

"These devices have generated considerable concern from the law enforcement and medical communities due to the increased potential for extreme alcohol impairment or consuming alcohol in deadly concentrations," Beshear told advocates who gathered in the Kentucky Capitol for the signing ceremony.

When the law takes effect in July, Kentucky will join more than 20 other states that have similar bans, said Sherry Green, executive director of the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws. Tennessee, home to Jack Daniel's whiskey, and California, the nation's leading wine producer, are among the other states that have such prohibitions.

Green said some legislatures instituted the bans after realizing that their laws against underage "drinking" didn't necessarily address "inhaling" alcohol. Lawmakers, she said, didn't see the need before the vaporizers hit the market.

State Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington, had pushed for two years for Kentucky's ban on the devices that have been marketed as "the ultimate party toy" and as a "no calorie" method of consuming alcohol.

"We do not have one brain cell to waste in the state of Kentucky when it relates to our young people," Westrom said.

Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers' Association, said the liquor industry supported the legislation to keep the vaporizers out of the state. "We wanted to make sure that they're banned in Kentucky before they become the problem that they're becoming elsewhere," he said.

Kentucky's distillers, including Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark and Jim Beam, produce and sell more than $1 billion of bourbon a year. But the devices can be used for just about any kind of alcohol, including wine, vodka, even martinis.

The governor said Kentucky's ban is aimed at "AWOL" devices marketed by North Carolina-based Spirit Partners Inc. Kevin Morse, president of the company, didn't return telephone calls to The Associated Press seeking comment.

Spirit Partners contends the product is safe.

"When used responsibly, there is no evidence to indicate greater risks from using AWOL than consuming alcohol in the traditional way," according to a press release on the company's Web site. "AWOL should be used no more than two 20-minute sessions within a 24-hour period."
Or any age for that matter hehheh
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What about vaporised Wisniowka
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next in line - vaporized crack
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If they were so concerned about underage use of these devices, then why didn't they just pass a law prohibiting underage use?

What a stupid law!
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take it easy - they're only precision strikes (with a massive ordinance nonetheless)
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When you dictate to adults, it's always about the kids interest!
You and the pro MJ people should be happy. You're always making the alcohol comparison to justify it and now you have a law that makes a device, whose sole reason for existance is impairment, illegal.
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You and the pro MJ people should be happy. You're always making the alcohol comparison to justify it and now you have a law that makes a device, whose sole reason for existance is impairment, illegal.
I’m not sure if you’re deliberately delusional or if you just pretend not to understand on purpose?

First off I do not justify MJ use with alcohol? I use alcohol as societies yardstick. If alcohol is so deadly (as we all know it is), then anything less deadly shouldn’t be singled out!

You on the other hand, continue to utilize deceitful rhetoric, and social discrimination to make/defend your point? That works well with bigots and supremacists, but it doesn’t fair very well when dealing with logic common sense.

The devise, if I understand it properly is to induce the same buzz you get from drinking too much of it, without the calories drinking it entails.

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State Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington, had pushed for two years for Kentucky's ban on the devices that have been marketed as "the ultimate party toy" and as a "no calorie" method of consuming alcohol.
According to this web-site;
http://www.gotvape.com/vaporizer/alcohol-vaporizer.php


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Since you do not need to drink alcohol in liquid form, one can inhale a large amount of alcohol in a shorter period of time.

People who want to get intoxicated with the effects of alcohol but do not want to intake the calories associated with the actual liquid alcohol uses these alcohol vaporizers to quench their need.

This vapor alcohol is also free from carbohydrates which is found in liquid alcohol and is detrimental to your body system. These alcohol vaporizers also do not give any hangovers to its users.

Alcohol vaporizers are banned and outlawed in few states raising question mark on its safety and legitimacy of the machine.

Actually the effect of this vapor alcohol is very potent. It makes one feel the effects of intoxication with half a shot's amount of alcohol inhaled over a period of 20 minutes.

Inhaling more than two shots of alcohol can be termed as dangerous seeing its effect and potency. As more alcohol can be intake very fast with the help of these machines, there is always a chance of excessive alcohol intake for the users of these vaporizers.

A great disadvantage associated with this machine user is that their level of intoxication can not be measured with the help of a breath analyzer like we do in case of liquid alcohol drinkers.

This suggests that vapor alcohol does not properly ingest into the blood and this can make the effect more intoxicating.
Which clearly indicates that making alcohol less of a health risk (calories, cholesterol’s, no hangovers, no withdrawals [?], etc…) is considered improper usage by the government?

So in review, there are numerous advantages to the vaporizer, but only three problems associated.

#1. Excessive over-intoxication is much easier to achieve!
#2. The police cannot properly measure your intoxication level, and would rather have you fat and unhealthy!
#3. Kids like it too!

So if we look at it in perspective,

#1. You can still excessively over-intoxicate yourself by drinking it the old fashion way!
#2. We already have laws against kids consuming alcohol, which is a parents concern, but also their responsibility. So if the alcohol is out of the reach of children the vaporizer does them no good, but if they can get a hold of the alcohol, but not the vaporizer they can still get drunk excessively, making the alcohol the problem for the yutes not the vaporizer!

Which brings us to the real reason the government is against the usage of this innovative apparatus. It’s not fair (stomp feet) and we can’t write you a ticket that will hold up in court, other than appearing under the influence! Those tickets won't get us new cars, gadgets, or fancy new uniforms, whaaa?

So what was the question again? Oh yea, I am not opposed to the responsible use of alcohol, or pot for that matter, and I think pot should be treated not easier than alcohol, but just like alcohol, for legal purposes that is, including the fact that underage yutes should be prohibited from purchasing it, and not be allowed to partaketh in it either!

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