# Don't like the taste of alcohol? Just inhale it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-like-the-taste-of-alcohol-just-inhale-it/261958 "2004-08-28T15:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-like-the-taste-of-alcohol-just-inhale-it/261958/1 "2004-08-28T15:56:55Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/20/alcohol.machine.ap/](http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/20/alcohol.machine.ap/) > [@](#): > > A machine that lets drinkers inhale shots of alcohol went on display Friday night, even as one local lawmaker warned the device was “a disaster waiting to happen.” > > The Alcohol Without Liquid vaporizer mixes the alcohol with pressurized oxygen. Makers say it takes about 20 minutes to breathe in one shot, giving drinkers the effect of alcohol without the drunkenness or hangover. What will they think of next. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-like-the-taste-of-alcohol-just-inhale-it/261958/2 "2004-08-28T16:22:36Z")
> **[Anyone Have 1st Hand Experience With AWOL (Alcohol Without Liquor) Machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273035)** > > AWOL (Alcohol Without Liquor) Machines: An oxygen generator and a hand-held vaporizer that when mixed with alcohol produces a mist which is inhaled through the mouth. These machines were in the news last weekend after The Trust Lounge in downtown... Apparently people have encountered these things before. Me…I like the taste of bourbon too much! 😃