Friday, July 10, 2009
Hooch
Illegal liquor is usually sold in 200ml plastic pouches for 10 rupees each. The majority of the consumers are poor, daily wage workers. Hooch is made with jaggery, alum and aluminium chloride. After brewing, some flavour is added to the liquor. Brewery owners usually spike the liquor with ethyl alcohol to give it a kick. Things begin going wrong when they add methyl alcohol - a potent industrial alcohol- which can easily lead to death if consumed.
Consumers of illegal liquor say that they cannot work or sleep without having the brew. It is a part of their lives, they are addicted to it. They will keep drinking whatever illegal brew is available.
One estimate suggests that some 440 people have died after drinking illegal toxic liquor in Gujarat between 1977 and 1990. There have been similar tragedies in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Rajasthan in recent years. In all the cases, illegally brewed liquor had been spiked with methyl alcohol and other industrial spirits.
IMO: In the UK it is largely legal to make beer at home. That beer can be strong enough for genuine addicts without further additions but they are often too drunk to make beer themselves. For alcohol addicts, digestion is often partially destroyed which is why they may not need so much alcohol to get drunk. Best to stick to moral Hindu or Muslim law about this matter and not to drink alcohol at all. Addiction can be prompted by the beer companies so they can make more money, and often is.
Consumers of illegal liquor say that they cannot work or sleep without having the brew. It is a part of their lives, they are addicted to it. They will keep drinking whatever illegal brew is available.
One estimate suggests that some 440 people have died after drinking illegal toxic liquor in Gujarat between 1977 and 1990. There have been similar tragedies in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Rajasthan in recent years. In all the cases, illegally brewed liquor had been spiked with methyl alcohol and other industrial spirits.
IMO: In the UK it is largely legal to make beer at home. That beer can be strong enough for genuine addicts without further additions but they are often too drunk to make beer themselves. For alcohol addicts, digestion is often partially destroyed which is why they may not need so much alcohol to get drunk. Best to stick to moral Hindu or Muslim law about this matter and not to drink alcohol at all. Addiction can be prompted by the beer companies so they can make more money, and often is.
# posted by uv : 8:28 PM
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