In the movie Lover Come Back (1961–great flick with Day and Hudson), a chemist invents a mint pastille about the size of an Oreo cookie that enters the blood as 100% alcohol, one unit having the strength of a triple martini.
Now, even granting leeway for food coloring, sugar, and whatnot, I don’t think the volume of the pastille would allow for three martinis’ worth of ethanol (90 cc?)–but perhaps it could be more compact in the solid state and expand in the body.
Is this possible? Maybe a compound that, when it hits the HCl of the stomach, converts to ethanol and something else? I would be interested in hearing from our scientific Dopers. Thanks.
