Senator Shirley Kitchen and her Senate colleagues held a roundtable discussion on a new drug call Palcohol aka powder alcohol. Sen. Kitchen introduced two bills that would prevent powdered alcohol from becoming legal for sale in the state of Pennsylvania.
Senator’s Kitchen stand is that her bills gives families and our communities added protection from a potentially hazardous product. I agree with Senator Kitchen and hope that her bill is put into law. Temple head police officer spoke on how alcohol is a problem on and off the campus and that problem would worsen with palcohol. Senator John Wozniak stated that he graduate two from penn state recently. While attending football games at the school he seen college students drinking heavily and believes that if palcohol is legal the substance will be abused.
All of our concerns is safety for the vulnerable in our society. Dateline has been producing "The Perils of Parenting" On Drinking and Driving
Imagine you and your teen are part of this scene that took place two weeks ago. How do you think your teen would respond?
You drop your teen off to what you both think is a casting call for a reality show and are escorted to a room with the other parents. A woman comes in to introduce herself as a producer from NBC’s Dateline explaining that they’re doing a special about the dangers of teen drinking and driving. Hidden cameras will film your unsuspecting kid with an actor who is to play the role of a drunken drinker. He tells your kid that he’s been drinking. Your kid can smell the alcohol on his breath (though he really hasn’t had a drop), sees that the clearly unfit to drive, and admits later that he believed that the actor consumed alcohol.You watch the scene live on a monitor reminding yourself that you’ve told your teen repeatedly to never get into a car with a drunk driver and the dangers. So now the question: Will your teen get into that car knowing the driver has been drinking?
Dateline filmed the scene again and again while their parents watched. And each time every single teen got into the car with a driver who they thought was drunk. Every teen also got into the car when the actor took his “drunken role” up a notch--almost unable to walk. And each and every time the parent voiced complete and total disbelief.
Don’t be too sure your teen won’t do the same. If there’s a lesson here it’s this: Please don’t use a “not my kid” kind of attitude.
Underage drinking is a growing problem. And the mix of drinking and driving are a lethal combination. Here are tips that could save your teen’s life that I offered Dateline. This is one parenting peril we cannot ignore.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39157029/ns/dateline_nbc-parenting/t/helpful-tips-perils-parenting/#.VXNXb2RViko
Palcohol is orderless, colorless, tasteless and comes in a packet. That means you could be drinking alcohol and not know until you are drunk. That means alcohol can be bought into schools, workplace and anywhere alcohol is prohibited. That means a potential crack epidemic all over again, for the fastest fix would be to pour palcohol directly on the tongue and chased with some liquid. The thought of this drug being legal for sale anywhere is scary. Sen. Kitchens bills offers protection to families and communities who are working hard to be safe and productive. Please contact your senator and ask them to support Senate bill 588 and 773!!
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