Misc Inhaling Ethanol/Alcohol fumes

[Remeron]

I was once told that if i heated a high alcohol product (151 or 190 proof everclear) and soaked it in a towel, and then draped it over my head that inhaling the fumes would cause a drunk state.

Anyone else heard of this or tried it? It does not seem efficient to me at all, im more wondering if this is even possible and what the differentials are between the ROA.

 

[tricomb]

Please don't do this, alcohol vapor is highly explosive so an open flame heat source is out of the question.

You'd basically just get really drunk, really fast.

 

[AminoAcid]

Here in Australia some clubs sell this "drink" where you heat strong alcohol with a glass over the top and a straw underneath and suck in the fumes. Personally I got more respect for my health than that.

 

[sekio]

Alcohol vapours are not healthy for your lung tissue. Just drink it.

 

[polymath]

The speed of onset of the effects of inhaled solvent vapors and general anesthetics (alcohols included) depends on the blood-gas partition coefficient of the substance. The smaller the partition coefficient, the faster you get intoxicated by inhaling the chemical.

Even diethyl ether is water soluble enough that the large partition coefficient makes the onset of effects (anesthesia) very slow when it is administered by inhalation. Something like ethanol that is miscible with water would have to be huffed for many hours before its concentration in the blood would rise large enough to cause drunkenness. Not a practical ROA.